Three kinds of ignorance

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Three kinds of ignorance (Wyl. ma rig pa gsum)

  1. Causal ignorance of single identity (rgyu bdag nyid gcig pu'i ma rig pa)
  2. Innate ignorance (lhan cig skyes pa'i ma rig pa)
  3. 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)

Further Reading

  • Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989, pp. 54-55
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