Ven. Dr. Chandima advise on overcoming the Five Hindrances

Posted on 16 April 2025

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Ven. Dr. Chandima also shared the threefold ways for wisdom acquisition – acquired by learning, through rationalisation and cultivation

On Wednesday 9 April, Ven. Dr. Chandima guided Nalanda members and devotees in meditation and gave a Dhamma talk on ‘How to overcome the Five Hindrances in meditation’. He guided the meditators to be aware of our emotional state and as we breathe in and out mindfully, to embrace and calm those states.

The Five Hindrances – sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, and doubt, are mental defilements which obstruct spiritual progress and mindfulness leading to the decline of wisdom. To investigate the hindrances, Ven. Dr. Chandima introduced a practical tool, namely the R.A.I.N. methodology – R- Recognise it, A- Accept it, I- Investigate it (physically, emotionally, energetically, cognitively, motivationally) and N- Non-identification (To not identify with it but know it is a passing process).

Members welcoming Ven. Dr. Chandima to Nalanda Centre.

The evening session started with chanting and meditation.

Ven. Dr. Chandima stressed that, in order to investigate the Five Hindrances, it’s important for us to undertake the full course of the R.A.I.N. methodology.

Ven. Dr. Chandima led the group in sharing of merits after the talk.

Asking questions to progress on our own spiritual path.

Bro. Tong Siong Yeow who hosted the session, also took the opportunity to ask questions.

We thank Ven. Dr. Chandima for the insightful teaching and invite you to also learn from him in the recorded talk at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf2EJa9y3q4. We also invite you to join the weekly group meditation sessions in Klang Valley at 8.30pm on Wednesdays at Nalanda Centre and 8.00pm on Thursdays at NEO Centre KL. If you are in Johor Bahru, the sessions at NEO Centre JB are at 8.00pm on Wednesdays. All are welcome.