IGNORANCE

Tibetans believe that there are two types of ignorance: innate ignorance and cultural ignorance. Innate ignorance is present in every person, and this is ignorance of one’s true nature of the Higher Self.

The second type of ignorance is cultural ignorance. For example, in India, Hindus believe that it is wrong to eat beef, and right to eat pork. Muslims believe that it is right to eat beef, but they forbid the consumption of pork. Tibetans eat both types of meat. Who is right? Each of them believes that he is right. Different beliefs arise from created prejudices and are part of culture, not wisdom.

Cultural ignorance is preserved in the form of customs, opinions and value systems. They consider it “common sense” or so God said. We grow up attached to various beliefs, political parties, medical systems, religions and opinions about how things should be.

In a sense, every diploma is a reward for developing a higher and finer type of ignorance. Education strengthens the habit of looking at the world through certain “glasses”. Think about it, some glasses have small diopters, some have large diopters, some are sunglasses with different colored lenses, and some have quite dark lenses.

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Neznanje

Tibetanci vjeruju da postoje dvije vrste neznanja: urođeno neznanje i kulturno neznanje. Urođeno neznanje je prisutno kod svakog čovjeka, a to je nepoznavanje svoje istinske prirode Višeg Jastva.

Druga vrsta neznanja je kulturološko neznanje. Npr. u Indiji Hindusi vjeruju da je pogrešno jesti goveđe meso, a ispravno jesti svinjetinu. Muslimani drže da valja jesti govedinu, a brane konzumiranje svinjetine. Tibetanci jedu obje vrste mesa. Tko je u pravu? Svatko od njih drži da je u pravu. Različita vjerovanja proizlaze iz stvorenih predrasuda i dio su kulture, a ne mudrosti.

Kulturološko neznanje čuva se u obliku običaja, mišljenja i postavljanja vrijednosti. Oni to smatraju „zdravim razumom“ ili tako je Bog rekao. Odrastamo vezani uz razna vjerovanja, političku partiju, sustav liječenja, religiju i mišljenje kakve stvari trebaju biti.

U određenom smislu svaka je diploma nagrada za razvijanje više i finije vrste neznanja. Edukacija osnažuje naviku gledanja na svijet kroz određene „naočale“. Razmislite malo, neke naočale imaju malu dioptriju, neke veliku, neke su sunčane sa staklima raznih boja, a neke imaju prilično tamna stakla.