Excessive reading, which hindrance/fetter is that?

[SteRo]

Hello all,

I wonder, which hindrance/defilement/fetter is excessive reading of:

1) Dhamma books?
Doubt? Restlessness?
Aversion to present moment causing one to escape into "mental" world?

2) Non-Dhamma, non-fiction books (ex: pop-psychology, sociology) .
a) I thought that it might be sensuality, but that seems to involve 5 senses while reading is all mental.

b) Would it fall under sakkaya-ditthi (even if one doesn't claim and cling that "this is the only truth, and it belongs to Me")?


Any ideas?

Thanks.

Reading is thinking and thinking supports the sense of self. The theravadan doctrine relies on the sense of self, so consequently intending to read the right books/texts would be a variant of right resolve/intention, reading right books/texts a variant of right action/right effort. "excessive" then would be a measure of being negligent of other right actions/right efforts that are also necessary on the path.