[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt) › 2.72 # 坐禪三昧經 2.72 English (machine translation) 2.72 - **Language:** English ### [2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.72) Among these twelve links, what is the link of ignorance? Not knowing the past, not knowing the future, not knowing the past and future; not knowing the internal, not knowing the external, not knowing the internal and external; not knowing the Buddha, not knowing the Dharma, not knowing the Saṃgha; not knowing suffering, not knowing its arising, not knowing its cessation, not knowing the path; not knowing karma, not knowing its fruit, not knowing karma and fruit; not knowing causes, not knowing conditions, not knowing causes and conditions; not knowing demerit, not knowing merit, not knowing demerit and merit; not knowing the good, not knowing the unwholesome, not knowing the good and unwholesome; not knowing faulty dharmas, not knowing faultless dharmas; not knowing dharmas to be associated with, not knowing dharmas to be avoided; not knowing dharmas with outflows, not knowing dharmas without outflows; not knowing mundane dharmas, not knowing supramundane dharmas; not knowing past dharmas, not knowing future dharmas, not knowing present dharmas; not knowing black dharmas, not knowing white dharmas; not knowing the dharmas of analyzing causes and conditions; not knowing the dharmas of the six contacts; not knowing the dharmas of actual realization. Such various kinds of unknowing, absence of wisdom, and lack of vision—blind darkness without illumination—this is called ignorance. - [Previous: 2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.71) - [Next: 2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.73) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.72) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.72) · Pramāṇa