Don't forget that Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at a Time and A Burning Desire, will lead the Berkeley Dharma & Recovery Group on Tuesdays, May 1 and May 8. For more info on Kevin, visit www.kevingriffin.net.

Here's an interesting list of 108 Defilements of Buddhism: http://www.virtuescience.com/defilements.html

"Try to recognize that defilements are simply defilements; that they are not ‘your’ defilements. Every time you identify yourself with them or reject them, you are only increasing the strength of the defilements."  --Sayadaw U Tejaniya

A random sampling from the list from above:

ostentatiousness   
grudge   
gambling   
ingratitude
dipsomania   
ambition   
dominance   
faithlessness
manipulation   
stinginess   
pessimism   
hostility
abuse   
debasement   
sexual lust   
sarcasm
humiliation   
jealousy   
gluttony   
unruliness