# Thorns (Kaṇṭakā)
> [!warning] In Kaṇṭakasutta ([AN10.72](https://suttacentral.net/an10.72/en/sujato))
> Mendicants, there are these ten thorns.
> _Dasayime, bhikkhave, kaṇṭakā._
>
> What ten?
> _Katame dasa?_
>
> 1. **==Relishing company==** is a thorn for someone **who loves seclusion**.
> _**Pavivekārāmassa** **==saṅgaṇikārāmatā==** kaṇṭako._
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> 2. **==Focusing on the beautiful feature of things==** is a thorn for someone **pursuing the meditation on ugliness**.
> _**Asubhanimittānuyogaṁ anuyuttassa** **==subhanimittānuyogo==** kaṇṭako._
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> 3. **==Seeing shows==** is a thorn to someone **restraining the senses**.
> _**Indriyesu guttadvārassa** **==visūkadassanaṁ==** kaṇṭako._
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> 4. **==Lingering in the neighborhood of ladies==** is a thorn to **chastity**.
> _**Brahmacariyassa** **==mātugāmūpacāro==** kaṇṭako._
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> 5. **==Sound==** is a thorn to the **first absorption**.
> _**Paṭhamassa jhānassa** **==saddo==** kaṇṭako._
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> 6. **==Placing the mind and keeping it connected==** are thorns to the **second absorption**.
> _**Dutiyassa jhānassa** **==vitakkavicārā==** kaṇṭakā._
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> 7. **==Rapture==** is a thorn to the **third absorption**.
> _**Tatiyassa jhānassa** **==pīti==** kaṇṭako._
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> 8. **==Breathing==** is a thorn to the **fourth absorption**.
> _**Catutthassa jhānassa** **==assāsapassāso==** kaṇṭako._
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> 9. **==Perception and feeling==** are a thorn to the attainment of the **cessation of perception and feeling**.
> _**Saññāvedayitanirodhasamāpattiyā** **==saññā==** ca **==vedanā==** ca kaṇṭako._
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> 10. **==Greed, hate, and delusion==** are thorns.
> _**==Rāgo==** kaṇṭako, **==doso==** kaṇṭako, **==moho==** kaṇṭako._
>
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> Mendicants, live free of thorns!
> _Akaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, viharatha._
>
> Live rid of thorns!
> _Nikkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, viharatha._