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IGNORANCE |
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Ignorance
(avijjā or moha) is the absence of
information or knowledge about something causing a misapprehension of
it or a lack of awareness of it. According to the Buddha, ignorance
is one of the two causes of suffering, the other being
craving. When we are unaware of why we are suffering or even
that we are suffering, we are unable to even begin the process of
freeing ourselves from it. On the other hand, we might be intensely
aware of the incompleteness and unsatisfactoriness of conditioned
existence but mistakenly believe that the solution to the problem is
to pray to a deity or try to be reborn in heaven. Once again,
this will only prolong the problem. It is only when we begin to see
with wisdom the true nature of suffering and its causes that
freedom becomes a possibility. |
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