]> 2026-10-10T02:41:57-04:00 Key Terms/avidyā 0 en avidyā avidyā Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors. 無明 See page 86: In Sanskrit, “ignorance”; the root cause of suffering (duḥkha) and one of the key terms in Buddhism. Ignorance occurs in many contexts in Buddhist doctrine. For example, ignorance is the first link in the twelvefold chain of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) that sustains the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra); it is the condition that creates the predispositions (saṃskāra) that lead to rebirth and thus inevitably to old age and death. Ignorance is also listed as one of the root afflictions (S. mūlakleśa) and the ten “fetters” (saṃyojana) that keep beings bound to samsāra. Avidyā is closely synonymous with “delusion” (moha), one of the three unwholesome roots (akuśalamūla). When they are distinguished, moha may be more of a generic foolishness and benightedness, whereas avidyā is instead an obstinate misunderstanding about the nature of the person and the world. rtsa nyon drug gi nang gses/ rig pa shes rab kyi mi mthun phyogs rten khams gsum la yod pa'i las 'bras dang bden pa sogs kyi tshul ji lta ba mi shes par kun nyon skyed par byed pa'o/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la nga yir 'dzin dang/ ngar 'dzin/ dngos 'dzin/ bdag 'dzin/ mi shes bcas so/ अविद्या ignorance ignorance unawareness fundamental ignorance ignorance misconception misapprehension nescience ignorance nonrecognition of awareness ignorance (i.e. one of twelve links of interdependent connection) mumyō avidyā Noun marikpa wú míng avidyā Sanskrit མ་རིག་པ་ avidyā ma rig pa avidyā;avidyā;avidyā;ignorance; unawareness; 2020-01-10T17:06:00Z 2458859.2125 2020-01-10T17:06:00Z 2458859.2125 true avidyā avidyā - Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors. Skt. अविद्या Tib. མ་རིག་པ་ Ch. 無明 Key Terms/avidyā ignorance unawareness avidyā Avidyā 0 1 plainlist 2 [[BuNayTopicTags::Key Terms/avidyā]] avidyā# QUERY6d728069014f1b77804c2cf644ebddcb 0 1 plainlist 3 [[Category:People]] [[AssociateToTerm::~"avidyā"]] avidyā# QUERY46fa813c5bca0e5856fc53d7201a5a57 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Avidyā]] avidyā# QUERYfa8fd51f3b899ee8f2d49923b8a1904a 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Book]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-000003C1-QINU`"']] avidyā# QUERY5091364fed918fd6e453b81fd601dbf5 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Article]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-000003C2-QINU`"']] avidyā# QUERY79caa33287c1e496d783c58cf7d99ee7 0 200 1 template 5 [[BuNayPageType::Tibetan Text||Sanskrit Text]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-000003C3-QINU`"']] avidyā# QUERYa494550cfab86bf1b3488e175cb362f1 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Interview]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-000003C4-QINU`"']] avidyā# QUERYe4c6a6f633ca3474b6cac7d3789c7ac8 0 200 1 template 5 [[BuNayPageType::Audio||Video]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-000003C5-QINU`"']] avidyā# QUERY81f1fb8aca188c163bc54bdc59c7c8c4 Avidyā 0 en Avidyā REDI 102 en REDI