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Avidya — ignorance as root affliction

Avidya—ignorance or misperception—is the root of all suffering in yoga philosophy: mistaking the temporary for the permanent, the painful for the pleasurable, the non-self for the self. It's not intellectual stupidity but a fundamental delusion about the nature of reality and identity; liberation in this view means seeing clearly, not acquiring more knowledge.

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