see: {mthong ba'i chos la 'phags lam skye ba'i gegs sgrib pa gsum} Three veils hinder the arising of the noble path [within one's stream-of-being] within this present lifetime
Three kinds of obscurations. The obscuration of disturbing emotions, the obscuration of dualistic knowledge, and the obscuration of tendencies or habitual patterns
Three Obscurations. The obscurations of the knowable, of conflicting emotions and of propensities. 1) {rnam smin gyi sgrib pa}. 2) {las kyi sgrib pa} 3) {nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa} the three obscurations, the three veils