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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. [[མ་རིག་པ་]], ''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. [[མ་རིག་པ་]], ''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]]. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*Unawareness (Matthew Kapstein) | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
Revision as of 12:47, 23 July 2011
Ignorance (Skt. avidyā; Tib. མ་རིག་པ་, 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.
Alternative Translations
- Unawareness (Matthew Kapstein)