(1) According to Vasubandhu and Asanga, not knowing. (2) According to Dharmakirti, knowing in an inverted (incorrect) manner. In both cases, unawareness is of either behavioral cause and effect or of the lack of an impossible "soul" (selflessness) or voidness.
Tibetan: མ་རིག་པ། ma-rig-pa
Sanskrit: avidyā
Pali: avijjā
Synonyms: Unawareness
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