86(2)Obstructions
"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course[consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities.
See 3:22,5:151-53,p.1638,note 358;and p.1739,note 1150.
What six?
[436]One is obstructed by kamma;one is obstructed by defilement;one is obstructed by the result [of kamma];one is without faith;one is without desire;and one is unwise.
Mp:"Obstruction by kamma(kammiavararata)occurs through the five grave deeds with immediate result(see 6:87).Obstruction by defilement(kilesavaranata)occurs through wrong view with fixed result(that is,a grave wrong view that denies the working of kamma).Obstruction by result (vipakāvaranata)is an unwholesome resultant rebirth or a rootless wholesome resultant rebirth." These two types of rebirth consciousness lack the root of wisdom and thus one reborn through them is incapable of attaining the path.One reborn with a two-rooted rebirth consciousness,lacking the root of wisdom,is also incapable of attaining the path. On the role of rebirth consciousness,see CMA179,194-95.The kind of desire(chanda)that is needed is wholesome desire,desire to do the good (kattukamyatachandam).Possessing these six qualities,even while listening to the good Dhamma one is incapable of entering upon the fixed course[consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities.
"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,while listening
I follow Be,which does not have pi here,as against Ce and Ee, which have pi.In the partly parallel 5:151-53,Ce and Ee do not have pi.It seems the sense requires that pi should be excluded;for it is when listening to the good Dhamma that one would expect a person to enter the path.The same applies to 6:87 and 6:88 just below.to the good Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course[consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities.What six?
One is not obstructed by kamma;one is not obstructed by defilement;one is not obstructed by the result [of kamma];one is endowed with faith;one has desire;and one is wise.
Possessing these six qualities,while listening to the good Dhamma one is capable of entering upon the fixed course [consisting in]rightness in wholesome qualities."