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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]]. | ||
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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.