The same handful of defilements, re-sorted by the role they play — as a flood, a bond, a fetter, a latent tendency. Tap any member to open its mental-factor detail here.
3Akusala-mūlaRoots of evilin Manual Ch. VII
The three soils from which every unwholesome state grows.
4ĀsavaCankers / taintsin Manual Ch. VII
Defilements that "ferment" and intoxicate the mind, flowing out toward objects.
4OghaFloodsin Manual Ch. VII
The same four, seen as a flood that sweeps beings down the stream of saṃsāra.
4YogaBondsin Manual Ch. VII
The same four, seen as a yoke binding beings to the round of rebirth.
4GanthaTies / knotsin Manual Ch. VII
Knots that tie the mental "body" to the physical, binding name to form.
4UpādānaClingingsin Manual Ch. VII
Intensified grasping — the fuel that sustains continued existence.
6NīvaraṇaHindrancesin Manual Ch. VII
They smother the mind and block concentration; the Abhidhamma adds ignorance to the suttas’ five.
7AnusayaLatent tendenciesin Manual Ch. VII
Dormant defilements lying latent in the stream, ready to surface when conditions meet.
10SaṃyojanaFettersin Manual Ch. VII
The ten chains binding to rebirth, broken stage by stage along the path (sutta list: 5 lower + 5 higher).
10KilesaDefilements properin Manual Ch. VII
The ten that torment and defile the mind — the master list the other groupings draw from.
Note: conceit (māna) appears in three of these lists — latent tendencies, fetters, and defilements proper — and is uprooted only at arahatship. Finer counts (the 7 conceits, 108 cravings, 20 self-views, 8 doubts) live inside each mental factor's detail.