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[[Image:Ignorance.JPG|frame|An old blind man groping for his way with a cane, the image for ignorance in the Wheel of Life]] | [[Image:Ignorance.JPG|frame|An old blind man groping for his way with a cane, the image for ignorance in the Wheel of Life]] | ||
'''Ignorance''' (Skt. ''avidyā''; Tib. ''ma rigpa''), or mis-knowing. The failure to recognize our true nature. It is also the first of the [[twelve links of dependent origination]] and the basis of all other [[destructive emotions]]. | '''Ignorance''' (Skt. ''avidyā''; Tib. ''ma rigpa''), or mis-knowing. The failure to recognize our true nature. It is also the first of the [[twelve links of dependent origination]] and the basis of all other [[destructive emotions]]. | ||
==Internal Links== | |||
*[[Two kinds of ignorance]] | |||
*[[Three kinds of ignorance]] | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Destructive Emotions]] | [[Category:Destructive Emotions]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 13 July 2009
Ignorance (Skt. avidyā; Tib. ma rigpa), or mis-knowing. The failure to recognize our true nature. It is also the first of the twelve links of dependent origination and the basis of all other destructive emotions.