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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IThirteen Difficulties refers to a group of “hindrances to proper religious practice”, according to the “Teraha kāṭhīyā-svādhyāya” by Jinaharṣa (dealing with the Ethics section of Jain Canonical literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The exposition of the ‘thirteen difficulties’ against which one should fight as they are hindrances to proper religious practice is a widespread topic in Jain literature in Gujarati. They are either listed in brief compositions or described with several verses for each of the components.—See ch. Krause 1999, p. 277 for the list as found in a Ratnasañcaya-granth stanza 118.
The list of thirteen difficulties are:
- laziness (ālasa),
- delusion (moha),
- despise (avajñā),
- conceit (thambha here, or māna),
- anger (krodha),
- carelessness (pramāda),
- greediness (lobha here, or kiviṇāya),
- fear (bhaya),
- sorrow (soga),
- ignorance (ajñāna),
- distraction of mind (viṣe, vakkheva, vyākṣepa),
- amusement (kautuhala or variants),
- sexual enjoyments or sensual pleasures (ramaṇa).

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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Full-text (+11): Fear, Laziness, Despise, Conceit, Carelessness, Greediness, Sorrow, Delusion, Anger, Ignorance, Distraction, Amusement, Sexual enjoyment, Sensual pleasure, Lobha, Moha, Bhaya, Thambha, Krodha, Ajnana.
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