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  2. Five hindrances - Wikipedia

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    doubt regarding self is a hindrance to tranquility; doubt regarding the Four Noble Truths and three worlds is a hindrance to insight; doubt regarding the Triple Gem is a hindrance to both tranquility and insight; doubt regarding places and people is a hindrance to "non-doctrinal" things; doubt regarding the Discourses is a hindrance to solitude ...

  3. Hinder (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Hinder or hindrance may also refer to; Hinder (surname) Hinder, an interference call in the sport of pickleball; Five hindrances, in Buddhism; mental factors that interfere with meditation; Steric hindrance, a slowing of chemical reactions resulting from Steric effects

  4. Kleshas (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Whereas the termhindrance’ refers to five sticking points, ‘defilement’ is often used without any definite list, but to refer to any function of the mind which is led by unskilful factors. Ajahn Sucitto (2011).

  5. Steric effects - Wikipedia

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    Steric hindrance is a consequence of steric effects. Steric hindrance is the slowing of chemical reactions due to steric bulk. It is usually manifested in intermolecular reactions, whereas discussion of steric effects often focus on intramolecular interactions. Steric hindrance is often exploited to control selectivity, such as slowing unwanted ...

  6. Heideggerian terminology - Wikipedia

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    Only man, being that is in the manner of existence, can encounter another entity in its instrumental character. Again, 'to be an issue' means to be concerned about something and to care for something. In other words, being of Dasein as existence is so constituted that in its very being it has a caring relationship to its own being. This ...

  7. Jianghu - Wikipedia

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    In other words, they feel that Confucian values are to be respected and upheld if they are useful, and to be discarded if they are a hindrance. The basic (spoken and unspoken) norms of the jianghu are: No using of dirty tricks such as eye-gouging during fights unless one has a personal feud with the opponent.

  8. Bullshit - Wikipedia

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    Another proposal, according to the lexicographer Eric Partridge, is that the term was popularized by the Australian and New Zealand troops from about 1916 arriving at the front during World War I. Partridge claims that the British commanding officers placed emphasis on bull; that is, attention to appearances, even when it was a hindrance to ...

  9. Compatibilism - Wikipedia

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    In other words, that causal determinism does not exclude the truth of possible future outcomes. [4] Because free will is seen as a necessary prerequisite for moral responsibility, compatibilism is often used to support compatibility between moral responsibility and determinism. Similarly, political liberty is a non-metaphysical concept. [5]