The five kleshas are five mental patterns or defects which must be understood before real Nath practice can begin. They are the pain-bearing obstructions, the root of trouble and strife:
It is a goal of Nath practice to identify, control, and ultimately unwind these patterns.
Within the International Nath Order the five kleshas are the other face of Awakening: they name what that state is not. They sit with Konditioning and Karmas in the triad to overcome. They are not the three gunas. The gunas are ropes of nature. The kleshas are obstructions of mind. Shri Gurudev Mahendranath set the list and the work in Twilight Yoga II. Sri Kapilnath’s notes treat them as one mechanism, not five separate hobbies. This page names them. It does not teach the unwind.