Ignorance

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An old blind man groping for his way with a cane, the image for ignorance in the Wheel of Life

Ignorance (Skt. avidyā; Tib. མ་རིག་པ་, ma rigpa), or mis-knowing. The failure to recognize our true nature. It is also the first of the twelve links of dependent origination and the basis of all other destructive emotions.

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