Eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible
The eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible (Tib. ‘phral byung rkyen gyi mi khoms brgyad) are:
- 1. being misled by corrupting influences
- 2. the five poisons raging inside
- 3. when negative karma overtakes us
- 4. being distracted by laziness
- 5. being enslaved
- 6. practising out of fear
- 7. merely pretending to practise
- 8. being chronically senseless and stupid