Three kinds of ignorance
Three kinds of ignorance (Wyl. ma rig pa gsum)
- Causal ignorance of single identity (rgyu bdag nyid gcig pu'i ma rig pa)
- Innate ignorance (lhan cig skyes pa'i ma rig pa)
- Imputational ignorance (kun tu brtags pa'i ma rig pa)
Alternative Translations
- 1. unenlightenment of the single self-cause, 2. innate unenlightenment, 3. unenlightenment of imaginings (Thondup)
- 1. ignorance of individual selfhood, 2. co-emergent ignorance, 3. ignorance of the imaginary (Dorje & Kapstein)
- 1. catalytic dimmed awareness of the single identity, 2. coemergent dimmed awareness, 3. dimmed awareness of rampant reification (Germano)
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996), pages 54-55.