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Yoga Sutra 2:5
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
ANITYASUCI DUHKHANATMASU NITYA SUCI SUKHATMAKHYATIR AVIDYA.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Ignorance is regarding the impermanence as permanent, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant, and the non-Self as the Self.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
anitya asuci duhkha anatmasu nitya suci sukha atma khyatih avidya
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Mistaking the transient for the permanent, the impure for the pure, pain for pleasure, and that which is not the self for the self: all this is called lack of spiritual knowledge, avidya.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
To regard the noneternal as eternal, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant and the non-Atman as the Atman -- this is ignorance.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Misapprehension leads to errors in comprehension of the character, origin, and effects of the objects perceived.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
antiya ashuchi duhkha anatmasu nitya shuchi sukha atman khyatih avidya
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
Ignorance (avidya) is of four types: 1) regarding that which is transient as eternal, 2) mistaking the impure for pure, 3) thinking that which brings misery to bring happiness, and 4) taking that which is not-self to be self.
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