<p>This article on wikipedia discusses some of the kleshas or poisons
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism)#Two_obscurations" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism)#Two_obscurations</a></p>

<p>Some of them appear to be feminine (emotional) and some masculine (intellectual)</p>

<p>Two obscurations[edit]
Mahayana literature often features an enumeration of "two obscurations" (Wylie: sgrib gnyis), the "obscuration of conflicting emotions" (Sanskrit: kleśa-avaraṇa, Wylie: nyon-mongs-pa'i sgrib-ma) and the "obscuration concerning the knowable" (Sanskrit: jñeya-avaraṇa, Wylie: shes-bya'i sgrib-ma).[19]</p>

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<p>In several places–for example, in texts around the <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/1582/nine-purification-breaths-and-channels-in-genderqueer-and-intersex-individuals">Nine Purification Breaths</a>–I've seen references to either masculine or feminine "obstacles linked with potencies" that are described as being "masculine" or "feminine." </p>

<p>What are the obscurations and "obstacles linked with potencies" that are "masculine" or "feminine" and what are their characteristics?</p>

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Masculine and Feminine Potencies
# Masculine and Feminine Potencies

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-07)

In several places–for example, in texts around the [Nine Purification Breaths](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/1582/nine-purification-breaths-and-channels-in-genderqueer-and-intersex-individuals)–I've seen references to either masculine or feminine "obstacles linked with potencies" that are described as being "masculine" or "feminine."

What are the obscurations and "obstacles linked with potencies" that are "masculine" or "feminine" and what are their characteristics?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-09. Score: 1

This article on wikipedia discusses some of the kleshas or poisons
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism)#Two_obscurations>

Some of them appear to be feminine (emotional) and some masculine (intellectual)

Two obscurations[edit]
Mahayana literature often features an enumeration of "two obscurations" (Wylie: sgrib gnyis), the "obscuration of conflicting emotions" (Sanskrit: kleśa-avaraṇa, Wylie: nyon-mongs-pa'i sgrib-ma) and the "obscuration concerning the knowable" (Sanskrit: jñeya-avaraṇa, Wylie: shes-bya'i sgrib-ma).[19]


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