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[[ris chad blo yi mi khom rnam pa brgyad]]

(1) To be fettered by one's family, wealth and occupations so that one does not have the leisure to practice the dharma. <br>
(2) To have a wicked nature that leads to extremely bad conduct, so that even when one meets a spiritual teacher it is very hard for one to turn one's mind to the dharma.<br>
(3) To have no fear of the suffering of samsara and therefore no feeling of renunciation or no weariness at all of samsara.<br>
(4) To lack the jewel of faith and therefore have no inclination whatsoever to meet a spiritual teacher and enter the threshold of the teachings.<br>
(5) To delight in negative actions and have no compunction about them, thus turning one's back to the dharma.<br> 
(6) To have no more interest in the dharma than a dog for grass and therefore to be unable to develop any positive quality.<br>
(7) To have spoiled one's vows and mahayana precepts, and therefore to be doomed to the lower realms of existence where there is no leisure to practice the dharma.<br>
(8) Having entered the extraordinary path of the vajrayana, to have broken one's samaya with one's teacher and vajra brothers and sisters, and thus have no chance of achieving any realization. [MR]

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