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(sa) moha, 'unconsciousness,' 'delusion,' 'perplexity,' 'ignorance, folly,' 'infatuation,' etc. M.W. Also, (sa) mūḍha. In Chinese it is silly, foolish, daft, stupid. It is intp. by [lang id =1028]無明 unenlightened, i.e. misled by appearances, taking the seeming for real; from this unenlightened condition arises every kind of (sa) kleśa, i.e. affliction or defilement by the passions, etc. It is one of the three poisons, desire, dislike, delusion.

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又名無明， 不明白事理的意思， 為三毒之一。