五ご障しょう

noun

five hindrances (to women's attainment); five obstructions to women's enlightenment

Buddhist concept: five obstacles that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, Brahmā, Shakra, devil king, or wheel-turning king. A traditional doctrinal view, not a modern social statement.

• 五ご障しょうは、女じょ性せいが仏ほとけになれない五いつつの障さわりとされる。

  The five hindrances are said to be five obstacles that prevent women from becoming Buddhas.

noun

five hindrances (to meditation); five mental obstructions

Buddhist concept: five mental hindrances that impede meditation and ascetic practice—sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, and doubt.

• 五ご障しょうは仏ぶっ教きょうで修しゅ行ぎょうの妨さまたげとされる。

  The five hindrances are regarded in Buddhism as obstacles to practice.