Later branches of the Advaita Vedanta philosophical school,
one of the "six schools" of traditional Hindu philosophy, employed
the
This school of philosophy promotes monism, or the notion
that all things are essentially different manifestations of a single Ultimate
Reality known as Brahman.
Despite the appearance of distinction and diversity,
proponents say that reality is non-dual (advaita), that is, all things are
nothing but the formless, unqualified Brahman.
The assumption of variety, according to Advaitins, is a
basic misunderstanding of the ultimate essence of things, and hence a sign of
avidya.
Although typically translated as "ignorance,"
avidya is more accurately defined as a lack of actual knowledge that traps
humans in karmic bonds, reincarnation (samsara), and pain.
Is there one avidya that affects everyone, or are there many different avidyas?
If avidya is a fault that exists inside a person, and if many people may be affected at the same time, is there one avidya that affects everyone, or are there many different avidyas?
Limitationism claims that there
is a single avidya that affects many individuals at the same time.
According to the notion pro, avidya in a person is
comparable to the color quality of an item.
Each occurrence of the color blue does not take up a limited
amount of "blue ness" in the world; the color blue may be a single attribute
of two coexisting things.
Similarly, multiple persons might have the same trait of
avidya.
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