How do common human attachments and pride relate to the concept of Avidya or ignorance?

📖 Chapter 50

Chapter 50 directly connects ignorance, or Avidya, to common human attachments and pride. It points to the delusion of identifying with the physical form through the thought, "I am the body," and the possessiveness towards family and home, expressed as "mine are wife and home." Furthermore, intellectual pride, such as thinking, "Skilled in scriptures, possessing genius, there is no other equal to me," is identified as a significant cause of dissatisfaction. The text states that this pride and these attachments are the very manifestations of Maya or ignorance, which must be removed for true knowledge to arise.


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