Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s4.t7.2
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s4.t7.2
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c7.s4.t7.2
(1) Saṃvṛti is the same as ignorance on account of its completely enveloping the reality, or, in other words, it is identical with ignorance (avidyā).² In elucidation of this, Prajñākaramati, the commentator of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, says that ignorance superimposes a form on a non-existent thing and thus creates an obstacle to the correct view of the reality. In support of his statement he quotes from the Śālistambasūtra a stanza, in which it is stated that ignorance (avidyā) is nothing but the non-realisation (apratipatti) of the truth, and faith in falsehood.