I associate Right View specifically with the Four Noble Truths. It certainly may have a broader definition as well; but, Right View should conform to the knowledge of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the Path leading to that cessation.
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Practical guidance for following the eight-fold path
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I associate Right View specifically with the Four Noble Truths. It certainly may have a broader definition as well; but, Right View should conform to the knowledge of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the Path leading to that cessation.
Forgive me if I'm reading you wrong, but that sounds like you think faith is a bad thing.
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
No, not at all. Confidence in a path is essential.
Then, my apologies!!!
You often see people on forums such as this, with a dim view of faith. I thought, wrongly, that this may be such a case.
ratikala
Istha gosthi
namaskaram , ...
agreed Right Veiw can be tricky to pin down as there are 84.000 deluded states of mind to work upon correcting , ...but this is the beauty of a circular path first comes the Four Noble Tuths , ...but after repeating the cycle of receiving teachings , reflection and meditation that veiw becomes steadily more refined .
agreed Right Veiw can be tricky to pin down as there are 84.000 deluded states of mind to work upon correcting , ...but this is the beauty of a circular path first comes the Four Noble Tuths , ...but after repeating the cycle of receiving teachings , reflection and meditation that veiw becomes steadily more refined .
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
That makes it sound a little dogmatic though, more like taking on a belief. I think of Right View as relating to an understanding of conditionality, of which the Four Noble Truths are the primary example.
There's another perspective on Right View in the penultimate paragraph of the Vipallasa Sutta, here based on the 3 characteristics:
Vipallasa Sutta: Distortions of the Mind
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Understanding is key. It's not the same as simple knowledge. It's not like "the 4NTs are blah, blah, blah, and I believe it". It's more like a point of view gained from a realization of what the 4NT actually teach
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I think faith is overrated. Guess I'm one with the dim view. ;0]
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
Sure. I tend to look for underlying principles, in this case it's conditionality.
Vishvavajra
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It's related. You develop faith by having some knowledge of the nature of the problem, including the possibility of resolving the problem. Wrong views would include the notion that people are essentially broken, such as concepts of original sin or total depravity in the Western Christian tradition. Right views include at least an intellectual grasp of the emptiness of one's flaws & vexations. Ultimately it refers to the core doctrines of dependent origination, selflessness, etc., which are the philosophical rationale for practice. But understanding them fully is not a prerequisite to practice. The point is to let go of views that will get in the way while cultivating those that will be beneficial.