Ignorance - OR-B539w

Buddhist teachings tell us that hatred and aversion, like their opposites desire and greed, all spring from a fundamental ignorance. That ignorance is our mistaken notion of our own permanent, independent existence. In ignorance, we see ourselves as separate beings, unconnected with others. Blinded to our true state of interdependence and interconnectedness, it is this basic ignorance that keeps us divided. Only practice that leads to overcoming such ignorance will help to free us from the prisons we make for ourselves and for others.

Linked to presentation DS106 Budhist Teaching on Ignorance.

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Buddhism; Studies of Religion; HSC Course; Buddhism; Religion; Religion and Peace