Mindfulness Insight Meditation - Buddhist Teachings

193: Unwholesome Mental Factors (Part 3) Sloth/Torpor & Doubt

Mindfulness Insight Meditation - Buddhist Teachings

Show Notes

In this episode, we continue exploring the mental factors (cetasikas) with a focus on the final group of unwholesome mental factors — sloth (thīna), torpor (middha), and doubt (vicikicchā). These states weaken the mind, hinder meditation, and obstruct the development of wisdom. Sayadaw explains how sloth dulls the mind, torpor slows down the mental factors, and spiritual doubt wavers between belief and disbelief in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. Through clear examples and reflections, we lea...

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