The setting aside of unwholesome mind states is known as abandoning the hindrances. There are five of these hindrances, usually listed as sense desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and remorse, and doubt. They could also be listed as wanting, aversion, too little energy, too much energy, and doubt. The overcoming of these five unwholesome states of mind is the same as generating access concentration. The Pali phrase upacāra-samādhi, which we translate as “access concentration,” does not appear in the suttas.a But it certainly is a useful concept when discussing jhāna practice.
