Five Obstacles - Gosho

Japanese: 五障 - ごしょう

〘Noun〙 Buddhist term. 1. Five types of obstacles that women have. They are said to prevent them from becoming one of the five things like Brahma, Shakra, the Devil King, the Wheel-Turning King , or Buddha. Five obstacles. Fivefold . *Honcho Monzui (c. 1060), vol. 14 - Prayer on the 49th day after the death of the daughter of the Minister of State, Fujiwara _no Kami, by Keishige Yasutane: " _{What are} the five obstacles _to which I have _fallen ? _{What are} the _five _impediments to which I have _fallen ?" [The Lotus Sutra - Devadatta Chapter] 2. Five types of obstacles to asceticism . The five are the obstacles of worldly desires, the obstacles of karma, the obstacles to birth, the obstacles to the law, and the obstacles to knowledge. *The Ten Good Things Dharma Words (1775), vol. 5: "I know that I am a body with the five obstacles and ten evils."

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Japanese:

〘名〙仏語。① 女性がもっている五種の障害。梵天、帝釈、魔王、転輪聖王(てんりんじょうおう)、仏の五つになれないとするもの。五礙(ごげ)。五重。※本朝文粋（1060頃）一四・為大納言藤原卿息女女御四十九日願文〈慶滋保胤〉「欲_下其奈_二此五障_一何_上。欲_下其奈_二彼五衰_一何_上」〔法華経‐提婆達多品〕② 修道上の障害となる五種のもの。煩悩(ぼんのう)障、業障(ごっしょう)、生障、法障、所知障の五つ。※十善法語（1775）五「みづから五障十悪の身なるをしる」

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