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Pancha klesha - five afflictions (ignorance, ego, attraction, aversion and fear of, death) ...
Yoga psychology enumerates five such basic distresses known as the pancha kleshas. They are avidya (nescience), asmita (egoism), raga (lust), dwesha (hatred) and abhinivesha (fear of death).
ignorance; mistaking the false for the true, or vice versa; one of the Pancha Kleshas (five 'hindrances' to spiritual growth); said to be the 'mother klesha' from which all others spring forth; the root cause of all suffering. Ayurveda ...
See also: Meditation, Patanjali, Darshan, Prana, Kunda
 
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