Sahajāvidyā

sahajāvidyā (T. lhan cig skyes pa'i ma rig pa ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེས་པའི་མ་རིག་པ་; C. jusheng wuming) is translated as "innate ignorance," "co-emergent ignorance," etc.

It refers to ignorance (avidyā) that is deep-seated and persits from lifetime to lifetime.

The Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary states:

Ignorance that is co-emergent with our innate nature and remains present as the potential for confusion to arise when meeting with the right conditions.

Sahajāvidyā is contrasted with parikalpitāvidyā (imputed ignorance).

See also

• sahaja

Alternate translations

• innate ignorance (Buswell and Lopez),
• connate ignorance (Dzogchen Ponlop),
• coemergent ignorance (Rigpa translations)
• co-emergent ignorance,
• co-emergent unawareness (Kapstein)

Sources

Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 

External links

• lhan_cig_skyes_pa'i_ma_rig_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེས་པའི་མ་རིག་པ་, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Two kinds of ignorance, Rigpa Shedra Wiki