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  2. Why Ignorance Is Bliss for Documentary Filmmaker Nicolas ...

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    Ignorance is bliss, according to Nicolas Philibert, director of BAFTA nominee ... A documentary is never a copy of reality, but an interpretation. You reveal the truth.” ...

  3. Ignorance Is Bliss - Wikipedia

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    Ignorance is bliss" may refer to: "Ignorance Is Bliss", a phrase coined by English poet Thomas Gray in his 1742 " Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College " "In knowing nothing, life is most delightful" ( In nil sapiendo vita iucundissima est ), a quote by Publilius Syrus

  4. Avidyā (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    One such condition is the karmic formations that arise from ignorance. In other words, states Bodhi, ignorance (avijja) obscures "perception of the true nature of things just as a cataract obscures perception of visible objects". In the Suttanta literature, this ignorance refers to the non-knowledge of the Four Noble Truths.

  5. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College - Wikipedia

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    "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" is an 18th-century ode by Thomas Gray. It is composed of ten 10-line stanzas, rhyming ABABCCDEED, with the B lines and final D line in iambic trimeter and the others in iambic tetrameter.

  6. Blissful ignorance effect - Wikipedia

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    The Blissful Ignorance Effect (BIE) involves two key factors: the nature of the presented information (precise vs vague) and the time of occurrence of a decision (before vs after). Individuals tend to want precise information before making a decision and vague information after the decision has been made.

  7. Natasha Henstridge: Why I made my #MeToo stand - AOL

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    It's terrible to say, but part of me did think that ignorance is bliss. But this was important. ... He was committed to justice and truth and women's rights, and so I thought: God, we can go ...

  8. Moksha - Wikipedia

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    This realization instantly removes ignorance and leads to moksha, and is considered timeless, eliminating the cycle of birth and death (samsara). [93] Advaita Vedanta emphasizes Jnana Yoga as the means of achieving moksha. [83] Bliss, claims this school, is the fruit of knowledge (vidya) and work (karma). [94]

  9. Japanese proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Meaning: If you stand out, you will be subject to criticism. 知らぬが仏。 Shiranu ga hotoke; Literally: Not knowing is Buddha. Meaning: Ignorance is bliss. / What you don't know can't hurt you. 見ぬが花。 Minu ga hana; Literally: Not seeing is a flower. Meaning: Reality can't compete with imagination. 花は桜木人は武士