Parikalpitāvidyā
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parikalpitāvidyā (T. kun btags ma rig pa ཀུན་བཏགས་མ་རིག་པ་; C. fenbie wuming) is translated as "imputed ignorance," "artificial ignorance," etc.
It refers to ignorance (avidyā) that is generated through the study of flawed philopsophical systems in the present lifeteme.[1]
Parikalpitāvidyā is contrasted with sahajāvidyā (innate ignorance).
- See also
Alternate translations
- artificial ignorance (Buswell and Lopez)
- imaginary ignorance (Buswell and Lopez)
- imputed ignorance
- ignorance of false imagination (Dzogchen Ponlop)
- ignorance of labeling
- ignorance of imputation
- imputative unawareness (Kapstein)
- imutational ignorance (Rigpa translations)
References
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. parikalpitāvidyā.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
kun_btags_ma_rig_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
ཀུན་བཏགས་པའི་མ་རིག་པ་, Rigpa Shedra Wiki- Two kinds of ignorance, Rigpa Shedra Wiki