Team Glossary :: Glossary terms

Term	link of unawareness Referenced by: unawareness, link of (cross-reference only)
Tibetan	ma-rig-pa'i yan-lag
Sanskrit	avidya-anga
Pali
Definition	The first of the twelve links of dependent arising. Both doctrinally based and automatically arising forms of not knowing how persons exist. Some translators render the term as the "link of ignorance."

Term

link of unawareness

Referenced by:
unawareness, link of (cross-reference only)

Tibetan

ma-rig-pa'i yan-lag

Sanskrit

avidya-anga

Pali

Definition

The first of the twelve links of dependent arising. Both doctrinally based and automatically arising forms of not knowing how persons exist. Some translators render the term as the "link of ignorance."

German	mangelndes Gewahrsein (als Glied des abhängigen Entstehens)
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Russian	звено неосознавания
Vietnamese	vô minh

link of unawareness

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