Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism The Point of View

Name: Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism The Point of View
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ISBN: 9780415342933

ISBN-10: 0415342937

ISBN-13: 9780415342933

Edition: 2004

Authors: Paul Fuller

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The notion of 'view' or 'opinion' (ditthi) as an obstacle to 'seeing things as they are' is a central concept in Buddhist thought. This book considers the two ways in which the notion of views are usually understood. Are we to understand right-view as a correction of wrong-views (the opposition understanding) or is the aim of the Buddhist path the overcoming of all views, even right-view (the no-views understanding)? The author argues that neither approach is correct. Instead he suggests that the early texts do not understand right-view as a correction of wrong-view, but as a detached order of seeing, completely different from the attitude of holding to any view, wrong or right.

Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/11/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.53" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English




Introduction



The Content of Wrong-View



The Content of Right-View



The Way Wrong-View Functions



The Way Right-View Functions



The Transcendence of Views



Conclusion


Appendices


Abbreviations


Bibliography