Parent:: [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]] Related:: [[Vijja]] # Avijja (Ignorance) ![[SN12.2 Vibhaṅgasutta#^avijja]] > [!summary] What is Avijja? — Dhātuvibhaṅga ([vb3](https://suttacentral.net/vb3/pli/ms)) > _Tattha katamā avijjādhātu? Yaṁ aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ anabhisamayo ananubodho asambodho appaṭivedho asaṅgāhaṇā apariyogāhaṇā asamapekkhanā apaccavekkhaṇā apaccakkhakammaṁ dummejjhaṁ bālyaṁ asampajaññaṁ moho pamoho sammoho avijjā avijjogho avijjāyogo avijjānusayo avijjāpariyuṭṭhānaṁ avijjālaṅgī moho akusalamūlaṁ— ayaṁ vuccati “avijjādhātu”._ > > --- > **(Translation by ChatGPT4)** > > Tattha: There, in that place > katamā: which, what kind > avijjādhātu: element of ignorance > > Then, it lists various terms that describe or relate to ignorance: > - Yaṁ: which > - **aññāṇaṁ:** ignorance, lack of knowledge > - **adassanaṁ:** non-seeing, not perceiving > - anabhisamayo: non-comprehension, not grasping > - ananubodho: non-awakening, not realizing > - **asambodho:** non-enlightenment > - appaṭivedho: non-penetration, not going through > - asaṅgāhaṇā: non-grasping, not seizing > - apariyogāhaṇā: not embracing, not encompassing > - asamapekkhanā: not considering, not regarding > - apaccavekkhaṇā: non-contemplation, not reflecting > - apaccakkhakammaṁ: not facing the deed, not confronting > - dummejjhaṁ: hard to measure, difficult to understand > - **bālyaṁ:** foolishness, childishness > - asampajaññaṁ: lack of clear comprehension > - **moho:** delusion > - **pamoho:** great delusion > - **sammoho:** complete delusion > - avijjā: ignorance > - avijjogho: mass of ignorance > - avijjāyogo: yoke of ignorance > - avijjānusayo: latent tendency of ignorance > - avijjāpariyuṭṭhānaṁ: obsession of ignorance > - avijjālaṅgī: marked by ignorance > - moho: delusion (repeated) > - **akusalamūlaṁ:** root of unwholesome > > ayaṁ vuccati “**avijjādhātu**”: this is called "the element of ignorance" ## Notes > [!notes] > - Due to Avijja, we cannot see [[Anicca]], [[Dukkha]], and [[Anatta]], but rather, see it as [[Nicca-sanna|nicca]], [[Sukha]], and Atta. > - In the [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]] cycle, [[Asava|Āsava]] is the condition for Avijja, and Avijja is the condition for [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]]. ## Suttas - AN10.61 Avijjāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an10.61/en/sujato)) - Buddha on the roots of Avijja and how it can be moved. #dhamma/practice/map