avidya
अविद्या avidyāNescience, the root ignorance in each of us that mistakes the not-Self for the Self. It is the misperception Advaita says liberating knowledge removes.
Where this term appears
- What is Moksha? Essentials
Bondage, on this view, is avidya , ignorance, a mistaken sense of being a separate, limited self.
- What is Advaita Vedanta? Philosophy
Close to it is avidya , "nescience," the root ignorance in each of us that takes the appearance for the whole truth.
- Who Was Adi Shankara? Philosophy
It is the whole, mistaken through ignorance, avidya , for something separate and small.
- Atman and Brahman Essentials
…ctacle of a many-thinged world full of distinct souls, is the work of avidya , ignorance, and of the limiting conditions, the upadhis , that make the one look like the many.
- Devas and Asuras Deities
Where the tradition locates the more serious obstacle, it locates it inside, in avidya , ignorance of what one is, in the veiling work of maya , and in the inner enemies of desire, anger and greed.
- What is Maya? The World as Appearance Essentials
Maya and avidya Two words travel close together in these discussions, and it helps to hold them apart.
- Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita: The Three Vedantas Philosophy
Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita are the three great schools of Vedanta, and they differ on one question: how the individual soul (jiva) relates to Brahman, the…
- What is Vedanta? Philosophy
The individual soul is, in truth, not different from that Brahman at all; the appearance of a separate self in a plural world is the work of avidya , ignorance, whose creative face is maya .