Yoga Sutra II-3 -AVIDYASMITA RAGA DVESABHINIVESAH KLESAH - Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred, and clinging to bodily life are the five obstacles. Swami Satchidananda says that in this sutra Patanjali gives the names of the obstacles (klesas) which are explained separately in the following Sutras. The obstacles are given in significant order. The ignorance of the Self breeds egoism and when there is ego there is the attachment to things "for the ego's selfish pleasure." Hatred comes into play when the attachment to things are not satisfied, especially if someone got in the way of those attachments. "And finally, because we are attached to things and afraid of death, there is clinging to life in the body."
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