The ignorance entrenchment. Ignorance as something innate and deeply embedded in the consciousness, which is difficult to remove, and which serves as the basis for the production of afflictions (avidya^va^sa bhu^mi). Discussed at length in the S/ri^ma^la^-su^tra, the Sutra of Original Karma, and Wonhyo's Doctrine of the Two Hindrances. [二障义 HPC 1.801a-c; 胜鬘经 T 353.12.220a][菩萨璎珞本业经 1485.24.1021c-1022a]