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It is like walking into a dark room and seeing a snake. You are filled with fear and unable to move. But then some light is brought into the room and you see clearly that what you thought was a snake is in fact a piece of rope.

Advidya is that ignorance of darkness that causes samsara. Once we see things clearly the illusion of samsara falls away.

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(edit) no in Hinduism the soul merges with the divine like a sugar cube into a cup of tea. While in Buddhism it is like peeling an onion and realising there is no core.

Both eliminate the self but differ in opinion to it's existence in the first place.

(I am a Hindu)

Avidya refers to ignorance as far as not having learned something, it also refers to delusion or disillusion that we are individual entities or souls. In Buddhism, the concept believed is that of "no soul" or no self, that we aren't individual souls. Until we realize that, we are destined to return to this plane of existence, reborn, continue the cycle of samsara. In Hinduism, the idea is similar with the exception of the belief of "self" as opposed to "no self". Until we learn what we need to learn, become enlightened, and shed our karma, we will be in the cycle of samsara.

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