<p>5 Hindrances can be suppressed in Jhana. As one is not yet fully liberated when in Jhana though the 5 Hinadraces are suppressed, one accumulates both positive and negative karma.</p>

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2019-10-11T02:38:51.347Z
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p><strong>What more is Nirvana than the perminant fall of The Five Hinderances?</strong></p>

<p>Theravada doctrine is that it's the eradication of the "10 fetters".</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_hindrances#From_post-canonical_Pali_literature" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The <em>Vimuttimagga</em></a> (according to Wikipedia) says that "the five hindrances include all ten fetters".</p>

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@sigh... I didn't know or see that the Viimuttimagga wasn't the Visuddhimagga, thanks for the correction.
ChrisW
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Thanks for the comment again. I wouldn't be able to post such a detailed answer on that topic.
ChrisW
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ChrisW
<p>What more is Nirvana than the perminant fall of The Five  Hinderances? Could one perform bad karma with all the hinderances eradicated? What about neutral or even good karma?</p>

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Nirvana & the fall of the 5 Hinderances
# Nirvana & the fall of the 5 Hinderances

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-10)

What more is Nirvana than the perminant fall of The Five Hinderances? Could one perform bad karma with all the hinderances eradicated? What about neutral or even good karma?

**Tags:** nirvana, five-hindrances


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-10-11. Score: 1

5 Hindrances can be suppressed in Jhana. As one is not yet fully liberated when in Jhana though the 5 Hinadraces are suppressed, one accumulates both positive and negative karma.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-03-09. Score: 0

**What more is Nirvana than the perminant fall of The Five Hinderances?**

Theravada doctrine is that it's the eradication of the "10 fetters".

[The *Vimuttimagga*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_hindrances#From_post-canonical_Pali_literature) (according to Wikipedia) says that "the five hindrances include all ten fetters".

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: @sigh... I didn't know or see that the Viimuttimagga wasn't the Visuddhimagga, thanks for the correction.  
> **username_2**: Thanks for the comment again. I wouldn't be able to post such a detailed answer on that topic.  

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