Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

A division of the "dull drivers" into two is made: the
first four—lust, anger, ignorance, and pride—and the
last, doubt.
The first four occur since one is perplexed by misdeeds
and the many phenomena of the world. Why are they
called "dull" drivers? Their nature is comparatively
duller than the five sharp drivers (see Ch. IX). The latter
pertain to thought or view and are active since they
bring about the dull drivers, which are more passive
insofar as they concern conduct which one is promoted
to commit. Almost every philosophy, except that of the
materialists, endorses the idea that "from thought comes
conduct."
As to the last of the five, doubt, this concerns the Four
Noble Truths. Perplexity arising from this is certainly
mental but is not of the same type as that found among
the sharp drivers. This is a hazy, uncertain, wandering
doubt, so mixed with delusion that even the
fundamental truth of the unsatisfactory nature of all the
worlds is not apparent. This is quite different from the
sharp doubts such as on the doctrines of karma or
conditioned co-production.
The meaning of these five can even be found in
common books, so it should not be necessary to go into
details here. But what should be known is the distinction
of names in this group. When they are known as "the
five poisons or sorrows," they are in the position of
250