avidya, n.Definitions

Avidya (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠ignorance as the One forgetting itself in the very act of playing each individual part.

Avidya (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠"ignorance" is literally ignore-ance: attention that fastens on the figure and ignores the ground, so the world looks like separate things.

Avidya (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the mind spellbound by maya, mistaking the abstract world of things for concrete reality — and, deeper, not seeing that all grasping is the effort to grasp oneself.