Obscurations 遮障 / 蓋障
The sun covered by clouds, a common metaphor for buddha nature obscured by the obscurations
Obscurations (Tib. drib pa; Wyl. sgrib pa) — what hinders us from realizing our true nature.
Subdivisions
- two obscurations: emotional and cognitive
- three obscurations, if habitual obscurations, an extremely subtle form of cognitive obscurations, are added to the previous two
- four obscurations: if karmic obscurations are added to the previous three obscurations
