Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s3.t6.7
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¹ Usually the Pāli texts speak of Avijjā as ignorance of the four ariyasaccas. In the Vis. M., (pp. 198, 525) it is equated to bhavataṇhā (desire for existence) and in another place (p. 526) it is explained as “khandhānam rāsaṭṭham, āyatanānam āyatanattham, dhātūnam suññattham, indriyānam adhipatiyattham, saccānam tathattham aviditam karotī ti avijjā. Paramatthato avijjamānesu itthipurisādīsu javati, vijjamānesu pi khandhādisu na javati ti avijjā. Api ca cakkhuviññāṇādīnam vatthārammanam paṭiccasamuppāda-paṭiccasamupannā ca dhammānam chādanato pi avijjā.