" Avidya asmita raga dvesa abhinivesah klesah ."
Avidya = spiritual ignorance
asmita = ego , pride , " I " , "me '.
raga = desire , attachment .
dvesha=hate , dislike
abhinivesah =love of life , fear of death , clinging to life
klesah=afflication ,pain
" The five afflications which disturb the stability of consciousness are : ignorance , ego , pride , attachment to pleasure , aversion to pain , fear of death and clinging to life ."
