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**Slonopotam845** · 02-05-2009, 08:15 PM

Now that we know the truth, we want to reach our perfect goal, what is the path to be followed?

Buddha says, eight fold principles if followed methodically will take us there.

We shall have a BRIEF overview on the first of the eight. First one talks on

RIGHT VIEW:

I remember listening to sukabodanandha's oration on how we MISINTERPRET things. Most problems are caused because of misinterpretation.

"ennappa udambu eppadi irukku" can be a concerned question asked by our welwisher. We, with our clouded mind, or when we were unfortunately subjected to unpleasant mood, interpret it in wrong way and there the problem starts. It would result in, tension, anger, sadness, and all negative emoitons.

So what does right view mean?

Right view means to understand the words as they are, without preconceived meanings or notions. To not look beyond or before or beneath but grasp only the visible essense as they are.

Not Having right view has huge impact as the intense of negative view would further be carried on to ur action. Not having right view would result in WRONG ACTION, like vengence and jealousy on another being or wrong anger showed at wrong time or person.

If such is the drastic condition which can be applied for a normal day to day condition on social matters, what would be the EXTENT of misinterpretation one can have on KNOWLEDGE OR SPIRITUALITY?

A guruji may explain a concept, how many can and are possible to get it in exactly the same sense? Hence the difference of opinions in our very goal and the means to achieve it.

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1. Right View

Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truth. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions.

http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html

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The importance of right view can be gauged from the fact that our perspectives on the crucial issues of reality and value have a bearing that goes beyond mere theoretical convictions. They govern our attitudes, our actions, our whole orientation to existence. Our views might not be clearly formulated in our mind; we might have only a hazy conceptual grasp of our beliefs. But whether formulated or not, expressed or maintained in silence, these views have a far-reaching influence. They structure our perceptions, order our values, crystallize into the ideational framework through which we interpret to ourselves the meaning of our being in the world.

These views then condition action. They lie behind our choices and goals, and our efforts to turn these goals from ideals into actuality.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...toend.html#ch2

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Right view is called SAMA-DHITTI.

Anyone else , feel free, can explain more on importance crux of this first of the eight path.

02-05-2009, 08:15 PM	#16
Slonopotam845 Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 5,251 Senior Member	Now that we know the truth, we want to reach our perfect goal, what is the path to be followed? Buddha says, eight fold principles if followed methodically will take us there. We shall have a BRIEF overview on the first of the eight. First one talks on RIGHT VIEW: I remember listening to sukabodanandha's oration on how we MISINTERPRET things. Most problems are caused because of misinterpretation. "ennappa udambu eppadi irukku" can be a concerned question asked by our welwisher. We, with our clouded mind, or when we were unfortunately subjected to unpleasant mood, interpret it in wrong way and there the problem starts. It would result in, tension, anger, sadness, and all negative emoitons. So what does right view mean? Right view means to understand the words as they are, without preconceived meanings or notions. To not look beyond or before or beneath but grasp only the visible essense as they are. Not Having right view has huge impact as the intense of negative view would further be carried on to ur action. Not having right view would result in WRONG ACTION, like vengence and jealousy on another being or wrong anger showed at wrong time or person. If such is the drastic condition which can be applied for a normal day to day condition on social matters, what would be the EXTENT of misinterpretation one can have on KNOWLEDGE OR SPIRITUALITY? A guruji may explain a concept, how many can and are possible to get it in exactly the same sense? Hence the difference of opinions in our very goal and the means to achieve it. *********** 1. Right View Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truth. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions. http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html ********** The importance of right view can be gauged from the fact that our perspectives on the crucial issues of reality and value have a bearing that goes beyond mere theoretical convictions. They govern our attitudes, our actions, our whole orientation to existence. Our views might not be clearly formulated in our mind; we might have only a hazy conceptual grasp of our beliefs. But whether formulated or not, expressed or maintained in silence, these views have a far-reaching influence. They structure our perceptions, order our values, crystallize into the ideational framework through which we interpret to ourselves the meaning of our being in the world. These views then condition action. They lie behind our choices and goals, and our efforts to turn these goals from ideals into actuality. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...toend.html#ch2 ******* Right view is called SAMA-DHITTI. Anyone else , feel free, can explain more on importance crux of this first of the eight path.
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