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Avidyā (Sanskrit; Pāli: avijjā; Tibetan phonetic: ma rigpa) is commonly translated as "ignorance" or "delusion". It can be defined as not understanding the full meaning and implication of the four noble truths or as a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of reality.
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“The āsava are the saṅkhāra that are encoded with ignorance [avijjā]”
The concept of āsava is borrowed from Jainism. And we need to understand what it means in that context before we can understand it in Buddhism.
In Jainism, all actions create karma. This takes the for …
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"Dealing" with extremely superstitious people
I write about an example of Buddhists dealing with superstition in an essay from 2011: Gesundheit! Making Accommodations with Custom.
In this example, lay people would say "live!" to monks who sneeze …
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