84000 Glossary of Terms

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མ་རིག་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • མ་རིག་པ།

  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
  • Term
Publications: 11
  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

First of the twelve links of dependent origination; first of the four torrents; third of the fetters associated with the higher realms.

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā AS
Definition in this text:

The basic misapprehension that propels one to take rebirth in saṃsāra.

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

The first of the twelve links of dependent origination. See “dependent origination.”

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

The first link of the twelve links of dependent origination.

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

The first link of dependent arising.

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

First of the twelve links of dependent origination and one of the six root afflictions (Skt. mūlakleśa).

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā
Definition in this text:

First of the twelve links of dependent origination, one of the root afflictive emotions (see also “subsidiary afflictive emotions”), it is the root of misapprehension of phenomena as truly existent (Rigzin 311).

  • ignorance
  • མ་རིག་པ།
  • ma rig pa
  • avidyā