Talk:Avidyā (Buddhism)

message: dag pa nyid - state of being pure, purification [JV]
dag pa gnyis - two types of purity (rang bzhin, blo dur) [JV]
dag pa gnyis - Twofold purity. Inherent or primordial purity and the purity of having removed all temporary obscurations [ry]
dag pa gnyis - purity from the two obscurations {nyon mong gi sgrib kyis dag pa} and {shes bya'i sgrib kyis dag pa} OR {rang bzhin/ ngo bo dag} and {glo bur dag} [IW]
dag pa gnyis - two purities [IW]
dag pa gnyis - two purities. The purity resulting from the removal of the obscuration of conflicting emotions and the obscuration covering the knowable {nyon mong gi sgrib dang shes bya'i sgrib kyis dag pa}. Syn {spang ba gnyis} [ry]
:Austerlitz -- 88.75.210.76 (talk) 12:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Some (tibetan) information on removal of ignorance

message: I've removed the following text since it is no clear and has not citations:
: Avidyā is a lack of knowing, and can be associated with intention. Avidyā has three aspects as associated with the three kinds of vedanā (sensation), four aspects as the ignorance of the Four Noble Truths, and five aspects as masking the five destinies (see : Samsāra). Avidyā has six aspects as associated with any of the six doors, the six senses (see: ). - Dorje108 (talk) 19:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed text

message: This section needs citations. - Dorje108 (talk) 01:06, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Section on "uprooting avidya"

message: Greetings! I recently removed the links that are mentioned 2x or more in the article after the lede. Since there seems to be a sort of misunderstanding with another editor, I'll just make the backgrounds of my edit a bit more clear :P
So, about the overlinking, WP:OVERLINK says that (boldings included in the original text):
Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, but if helpful for readers, links may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, image captions, footnotes, and at the first occurrence after the lead.
Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 15:00, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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message: The Pali word Avidyā(අවිද්‍යා) used by Buddha really means "unconsciousness" not the "ignorance"
#Actually there is no special thing called "Mind" to do the thinking. It is the brain that doing thinking. what we called the mind is an activity of the body, Buddha used 3 words to refer the Mind.  "Vijñāna-(වින්ඤාණ- perception)"  ,  "Manas-(මනෝ-cognition)" and   "Citta-(චිත්ත-emotion)" 
#"Vijñāna-(වින්ඤාණ- perception)" is seeing, hearing  etc ,the environment stimulate the organism through 5 senses. the reaction of the body to stimulant is called the perception(වින්ඤාණ).
#The cognition part is called Manas-(මනෝ-cognition)" .  The different information that get from the 5 senses comes to one place called "මනෝ"1 . Cognition means that we giving a meaning to what we saw. Seeing is only perception "Vijñāna(වින්ඤාණ)". After the perception it comes "cognition”, also an activity of the body(brain)2.
#According to the meaning you give to cognize, an emotion "Cittaචිත්ත(emotion)"is aroused. The emotion comes in the form of liking, disliking ,warring etc. The emotion once it is aroused ,it is expressed in behavior. Sometimes it is called stress.Buddha called it "Karma". These things happening without our knowledge ,we are not even conscious  what is going on,When we speak of the "mind" there are 2 parts.thinking part and emotional part.thinking part is called "Manas-(මනෝ-cognition)".emotional part is called "Citta-(චිත්ත-emotion)" our emotion part are going in one direction and thinking is going in other direction.thinking part comes in conflict with the emotion part and thinking part has become a slave of emotion part. Buddha pointed out what we have to do is to get the thinking part to dominate our emotion part.this is the main teaching in buddisem. 
#We are simply  organism in an environment reacting unconsciously  not unconsciously. Everything in the world going on unconsciously.we think that there is a self . we think that we exist. but we do not. there are only sensation in the world.struggle to exist without existence. To correct this  it is to awaken  from the dream of existenc3 and self. Buddha is a state of perfection that every human being can reach. It is only by correcting our mental process that we can bring the suffering to an end. The effort to reach that perfection  not unconsciously but consciously. What we call meditation is an effort to become conscious of this unconscious process.
Avidyā(අවිද්‍යා)  is the word given by Buddha for unconsciousness. The "ignorance"  has some other meaning  and does not give the meaning  for  Avidyā(අවිද්‍යා).--RsEkanayake 20:16, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: @Rsekanayake: No WP:OR in this or other wikipedia articles. No citing other wikipedia articles as source either. Please see WP:RS. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 21:47, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for correcting me. Please note I made no attempt to edit in the article. what i did was just pointing out the error in translating along with good reasoning. it is a matter of understanding the Buddhism. because Load Buddha didn't speak in English. he spoke in pali.the problem is there. if someone perceive the intended meaning of "Avidyā"(අවිද්‍යා) and interested in what i pointed out ,he can find a better source   other than the meaning  provided in Pali – English dictionary..i think all the source finally end up in the translations of Rhys Davids. a matter of understanding.--RsEkanayake 07:55, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Avidyā]] translated as  "ignorance" but it is not the  "ignorance"