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_The Treatise on the Two Hindrances_ is a significant Buddhist treatise by the eminent Silla monk Wonhyo. Wonhyo was a renowned Buddhist scholar of the 7th century, active around the period of Silla's unification of the Three Kingdoms, and exerted a profound influence on East Asian Buddhism. This work systematically expounds the two major hindrances in Buddhist practice—the afflictive hindrances and the cognitive hindrances—analyzing their root causes and methods for counteracting them, while synthesizing Yogācāra and Madhyamaka thought. As an early representative treatise of Korean Buddhism, *The Treatise on the Two Hindrances* demonstrates Wonhyo's creative interpretation of Indian Buddhist theory, provides an important reference for understanding the stages of Mahāyāna Buddhist practice, holds milestone significance in the developmental history of Korean Buddhism, and continues to be widely studied within East Asian Buddhist circles to this day.