Kleśa ( sa, क्लेश, also ''klesha'') is a term from Indian philosophy and
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consci ...
, meaning a "poison". The third of the second chapter of
Patañjali
Patanjali ( sa, पतञ्जलि, Patañjali), also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hindu author, mystic and philosopher. Very little is known about him, and while no one knows exactly when he lived; from analysis of his works it i ...
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Yoga sūtras'' explicitly identifies Five Poisons ():
Translated into English, these five () s or afflictions () are:
* Ignorance (in the form of a misapprehension about reality) (),
* egoism (in the form of an erroneous identification of the Self with the intellect) (),
* attachment (),
* aversion (), and
* fear of death (which is derived from clinging ignorantly to life) ().
The 24th sutra of the first chapter, Samadhi Pada, Patanjali describes a purusha free of kleshas:
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Kleshas (Buddhism)
Kleshas ( sa, क्लेश, kleśa; pi, किलेस ''kilesa''; bo, ཉོན་མོངས། ''nyon mongs''), in Buddhism, are mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions. ''Kleshas'' include states of mind su ...
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Maya (illusion)
''Maya'' (; Devanagari: , IAST: ), literally "illusion" or "magic", has multiple meanings in Indian philosophies depending on the context. In later Vedic texts, connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not ...
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