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Sannyasis

(See India.) Sanyojanas are in the Theosphical scheme the obstacles which the traveller along the Path (q.v.) must surmount. The number of them is ten and they are :- 1.-Belief in the Ego as unchangeable. 2.-Lack of faith in higher effort. 3.-Reliance on ritual. 4.-Lust. 5.-Ill-will. 6.-Love of the world. 7.-Egotistic longing for a future life. 8.-Pride. 9.-Self-righteousness. 10.

Nescience.

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