Posts tagged "ignorance"
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"There could be no bigger mistake than to think that ignorance is somehow dumb and stupid, or passive and lacking in intelligence. On the contrary, it is shrewd and cunning, versatile and ingenious in the games of deception, and in our wrong views and their burning convictions we find one of its deepest and, as Buddha said, most dangerous manifestations:
What do you have to fear from the wild elephant
Who can only damage your body here and now,
When falling under the influence of misguided people and wrong views
Not only destroys the merit you have accumulated in the past,
But also blocks your path to freedom in the future?"
- Sogyal Rinpoche
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"Enlightenment for Gautama [the Buddha] felt as though a prison which had confined him for thousands of lifetimes had broken open. Ignorance had been the jailkeeper. Because of ignorance, his mind had been obscured, just like the moon and stars hidden by the storm clouds. Clouded by endless waves of deluded thoughts, the mind had falsely divided reality into subject and object, self and others, existence and non-existence, birth and death, and from these discriminations arose wrong views—the prisons of feelings, craving, grasping, and becoming. The suffering of birth, old age, sickness, and death only made the prison walls thicker. The only thing to do was to seize the jailkeeper and see his true face. The jailkeeper was ignorance… . Once the jailkeeper was gone, the jail would disappear and never be rebuilt again."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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"As Buddha said in his first teaching, the root of all our suffering in samsara is ignorance. Ignorance, until we free ourselves from it, can seem endless, and even when we have embarked on the spiritual path our search is fogged by it. However, if you remember this, and keep the teachings in your heart, you will gradually develop the discernment to recognize the innumerable confusions of ignorance for what they are, and so never jeopardize your commitment or lose your perspective."
- Sogyal Rinpoche
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"Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace."
- The Dalai Lama
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"An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding."
- The Buddha
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In the words of Sir Edwin Arnold:

“If any teach Nirvana is to cease
Say unto such they lie.
If any teach Nirvana is to live
Say unto such they err.”

From a metaphysical standpoint Nibbana is deliverance from suffering. From a psychological standpoint Nibbana is the eradication of egoism. From an ethical standpoint Nibbana is the destruction of lust, hatred and ignorance.

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- buddhanet.net
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"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."
- Benjamin Franklin
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"Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace."
- Dalai Lama
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"Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is - for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows. I neither know nor think that I know. In this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the advantage of him."
- Socrates (Twitter, Facebook)
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"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today."
- Isaac Asimov
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"The inspiration of the bible depends on the ignorance of the person who reads it"
- Robert G. Ingersoll
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"I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day"
- Douglas Adams
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
- Derek Bok
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Knowledge & Ignorance

Knowledge & Ignorance