References – SN 46.51: Nutriment 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 46: Bojjhaṅgasaṁyutta / SN 46.51: Āhārasutta

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Following the outline of SN 46.51, Ajahn Pasanno describes the factors that feed or attenuate each of the Five Hindrances. (Incomplete recording) [Hindrances]

Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 6


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Attending to attractive objects nourishes sensual desire. (SN 46.51) Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire] [Hindrances]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 55: The Five Recollections

Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 6, Excerpt 1


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Attending to what we feel obstructed by nourishes ill-will. (SN 46.51) Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will] [Hindrances] // [Divine Abidings] [Discernment]

Story: A monk with an aversive temperament worsens it with repeated asuba and death contemplation. [Aversion] [Unattractiveness] [Recollection/Death] [Idealism] [Goodwill]

Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 6, Excerpt 2


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Following the path of least resistance nourishes sloth and torpor. (SN 46.51) Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sloth and torpor] [Hindrances] // [Energy]

Story: The novice’s nibbāna.

Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 6, Excerpt 3


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“Could you review again what the antidotes to the Five Hindrances are? Also, if one has not correctly identified the hindrance at the moment and uses the incorrect remedy, so what?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Investigation of states] // [Desire] [Unattractiveness] [Dispassion] [Ill-will] [Goodwill] [Sloth and torpor] [Restlessness and worry] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Doubt] [Recollection/Dhamma] [Self-reliance]

Sutta: SN 46.51: Starving the hindrances.

Simile: Throwing dust into the wind (Dhp 125). [Drawbacks] [Similes]

Sutta: AN 7.61: Antidotes for sloth and torpor.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 3, Excerpt 6


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“How can we better hinder the Five Hindrances, or does that just create another hindrance?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances]

Sutta: SN 46.51: Feeding and starving the hindrances.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 2, Excerpt 14