Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, or a willful lack of desire to improve the efficiency, merit, effectiveness or usefulness of one's actions. Ignorance is also a "state of being ignorant" or unaware/uninformed. Ex: "In debate class Bill lost the debate because he was ignorant in (without knowledge of) that subject." In politics, it is almost always used as a pejorative label, but some political movements have raised it to an ideal, for instance the Know-Nothings of the 19th century United States and some peasant and agrarian mo ...

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Ignorance:

Ignorance:

 om ajn'ana-timirandhasya

 jn'anan'jana-s'alakaya

 cakshur unmilitam yena

 tasmai s'ri-gurave namah

 I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.

(See also: Ignorance, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Delusion (Ignorance)

"Delusion refers to belief in something that contradicts reality. In Buddhism, delusion is ... a lack of awareness of the true nature or Buddha nature of things, or of the true meaning of existence. "

According to the Buddhist outlook, we are deluded by our senses-- among which intellect (discriminating, discursive thought) is included as a sixth sense.

Consciousness, attached to the senses, leads us into error by causing us to take the world of appearances for the world of reality, whereas in fact it is only a limited and fleeting aspect of reality." (The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen.)

 (See also: Delusion (Ignorance, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Hindu Quotes: Ignorance is Destroyed

When ignorance is destroyed, the Self is liberated from its identification with the world.

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Hindu Quotes: Forest of Ignorance

Know you are one,

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The argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam or argument by lack of imagination, is the assertion that if something is currently inexplicable to some people, then it did not (or could not) happen, or that if evidence of something has not been scientifically proven to their satisfaction, then it cannot exist. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" is an adage used to explain that one's own "ignorance" (or, one's "absence of evidence") does not disprove anything (or, "is not evidence of absence"). In other words, mere personal belief, poor logic, ...

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• Argument from ignorance - Description
• Argument from ignorance - Examples
• Argument from ignorance - Law
• Argument from ignorance - Science

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Definitions Can Be Misleading

The Bible says: "The fool has said in his heart, there is no God". Having first convinced himself, he then proceeds to broadcast it to the world. Nietzsche the philosopher announced that God is dead.

Later, mortal that he was, Nietzsche died. Had God the Creator sent an obituary notice to the newspapers, it would have read thus: "Nietzsche is dead! Signed: GOD".

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When we come to Vedanta, there is no question about Kundalini or any type of mystical and mechanical methods. It is all enquiry and philosophical speculation. According to Vedanta the only thing to be destroyed is ignorance about one’s real nature, and this ignorance cannot be destroyed either by study, or by Pranayama, or by work, or by any amount of physical twisting and torturing, but only by knowing one’s real nature, which is Sat-Chit-Ananda or Existence-Knowledge-Bliss.

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The problem of Hell is a variant of the problem of evil, aimed specifically at religions which hold both that: An omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnibenevolent (all-loving) God exists. Some people will be consigned to Hell forever, and will be eternally tortured. Problem of Hell - The debate. While Hell has traditionally been regarded as a punishment for wrong-doing or sin in life, the problem arises primarily from the severity of the punishment, if Hel ...

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• Problem of Hell - The debate
• Problem of Hell - Issues of Justice
• Problem of Hell - Hell as a choice
• Problem of Hell - The argument from ignorance
• Problem of Hell - Denying the assumptions
• Problem of Hell - Bibliography

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In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several symbols showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or in addition be indicated by the color printed on the card. Most card decks also have a rank for each card, and may include special cards in the deck that belong to no suit. Suit cards - Traditional Western playing cards. Although many different types of deck have been known and used in Europ ...

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• Suit cards - Traditional Western playing cards
• Suit cards - Suits in games with traditional decks
• Suit cards - Trumps
• Suit cards - Special suits
• Suit cards - Ordering suits
• Suit cards - Ignoring suits
• Suit cards - Suits and colors
• Suit cards - Adding extra suits to the Anglo-American deck
• Suit cards - Commercial decks
• Suit cards - Home-made decks
• Suit cards - Other modern suited decks
• Suit cards - Suit-and-value decks
• Suit cards - Other suited decks
• Suit cards - Fictional decks

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History of creationism Creation in Genesis Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalos creationism Theistic evolution Neo-Creationism Islamic creationism Intelligent design - Intelligent design movement Modern geocentrism Controversy: Creation vs. evolution ... in public education Associated articles Teach the Controversy Irreducible ...

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• Intelligent design - Intelligent design in summary
• Intelligent design - Origins of the concept
• Intelligent design - Origins of the term
• Intelligent design - Concepts
• Intelligent design - Irreducible complexity
• Intelligent design - Specified complexity
• Intelligent design - Fine-tuned universe
• Intelligent design - The designer or designers
• Intelligent design - Intelligent design as a movement
• Intelligent design - Religion and leading proponents
• Intelligent design - Intelligent design debate
• Intelligent design - ID as science
• Intelligent design - Intelligence as an observable quality
• Intelligent design - Arguments from ignorance
• Intelligent design - Notes and references

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Many models of human behavior in the social sciences assume that humans can be reasonably approximated or described as "rational" entities, especially as conceived by rational choice theory. Many economics models assume that people are hyperrational, and would never do anything to violate their preferences. Herbert Simon, in Models of My Life, points out that most people are only partly rational, and are in fact emotional/irrational in the remaining part of their actions. He gives Albert Einstein as an example of ...

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A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. Their use varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra. They are primarily used as spiritual conduits, words and vibrations that instill one-pointed concentration in the devotee. Other purposes have included religious ceremonies to accumulate wealth, avoid danger, or eliminate enemies. Mantras originated in India with Vedic Hinduism and were later adopted by Buddhists and Jains, now popular in various modern forms of spiritual practice which are loosely b ...

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• Mantra - Introduction
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• Mantra - Mantra Japa
• Mantra - Some Hindu mantras
• Mantra - Lead me from Ignorance to Truth
• Mantra - Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
• Mantra - The shanti mantras
• Mantra - Universal prayer
• Mantra - Other examples
• Mantra - The Hindu Bija Mantra
• Mantra - Remarks
• Mantra - What is Dharma?
• Mantra - The Significance of the Symbol Om
• Mantra - Mantras and Prayers
• Mantra - Kirtan and Bhajan
• Mantra - Vedic Conception of Sound
• Mantra - Mantra in Buddhism
• Mantra - Mantra in Shingon Buddhism
• Mantra - Mantra in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
• Mantra - Om mani padme hum
• Mantra - Some other mantras used by Tibetan Buddhists
• Mantra - Mantra in other traditions or contexts

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The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the" September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The commission was also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. Some have compared its important, and potentially controversial, role to that of the Warren Commission of 1963-1964. Chaired by former ...

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• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Members
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Report
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Criticisms
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Claims of bias within the commission
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Claims of lack of cooperation from the White House
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Claims the commission was used for partisan purposes
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Claims the commission ignored information regarding Able Danger

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Ignorance five types - Lord Brahma first creates these five types of ignorance (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.12.2.).

Because of the desire to enjoy maya, the jiva develops the false ego that he can enjoy material sense gratification, and then the five types of ignorance -

1.    tamah (not knowing anything about the spirit soul) ,

2.    moha (the illusion of the bodily concept of life) ,

3.    maha-moha (madness for material enjoyment) ,

4.    tamisra (forgetfulness of one’s constitutional position due to anger or envy) and

5.    andha-tamisra (considering death to be the ultimate end)

- cover his pure, atomic nature.

(See also: Five types of Ignorance, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

In most modern criminal legal systems, it is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that the defendant is guilty. So in cases where the defendant has been acquitted, it is a logical fallacy to conclude that they were innocent - this would be to assume a proposition simply because it has not been proved false. The presumption of innocence is inspired by considerat ...

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Argument from ignorance, Argument from ignorance - Description, Argument from ignorance - Examples, Argument from ignorance - Law, Argument from ignorance - Science

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Irving Copi writes that: The argumentum ad ignorantiam [fallacy] is committed whenever it is argued that a proposition is true simply on the basis that it has not been proved false, or that it is false because it has not been proved true. He adds, A qualification should be made at this point. In some circumstances it can be safely assumed that if a certain event had occurred, evidence of it could be discovered by qualified investigators. In such circumstances it is perfectly reasonable to take the absence of proof of its occurrence despite searching, as positive evid ...

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Argument from ignorance, Argument from ignorance - Description, Argument from ignorance - Examples, Argument from ignorance - Law, Argument from ignorance - Science

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Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Side A. "Esoteric" -- 09:06 "In Solitude" -- 07:10 "Enslavers of the Insecure" -- 08:44 "Scarred" -- 12:13 Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Side B. "Eyes of Darkness" -- 16:48 "Infanticidal Fantasies" -- 07:56 "Expectatio ...

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Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance, Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Track listing, Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Side A, Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Side B, Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance - Personnel

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As in the debate over the problem of evil, an option open to theists is to state that man is not perceptive enough to actually understand the mind of God, and cannot therefore conclude that the existence of Hell is unjust. The crux of this is that it is very possible that we do not understand the mind of God, and thus may not understand the reasons for the existence of Hell. The plausibility of such arguments are however lower than in the problem of evil. With regard to the question "why is there evil in the world?" there are a ...

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Problem of Hell, Problem of Hell - The debate, Problem of Hell - Issues of Justice, Problem of Hell - Hell as a choice, Problem of Hell - The argument from ignorance, Problem of Hell - Denying the assumptions, Problem of Hell - Bibliography

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A May 26, 1996 article in the New York Times * entitled "Phi Beta Kappa Being Turned Down by Many Honorees" noted that some students were turning down membership in the Society because they had never heard of it. Virtually all of the 27 chapters that reported acceptance rates under 90% were at large state universities. At private universities and small liberal arts colleges, however, election to Phi Beta Kappa remains one of the highest honors a student can receive, and the few membership offers extended are almost universally ...

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Phi Beta Kappa Society, Phi Beta Kappa Society - History, Phi Beta Kappa Society - The Key, Phi Beta Kappa Society - Ignorance of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Society - Famous Members, Phi Beta Kappa Society - Elected as Undergraduates, Phi Beta Kappa Society - Honorary Members

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