According to Theosophy, these are obstacles that the traveler along the Path must surmount. There are ten of them:
- Belief in the Ego as unchangeable.
- Lack of faith in higher effort.
- Reliance on ritual.
- Lust.
- Ill-will.
- Love of the world.
- Egotistic longing for a future life.
- Pride.
- Self-righteousness.
- Nescience.
Sources:
Leadbeater, Charles W. The Master and the Path. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925.




