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**DoctorAlexandro** · 09-18-2011, 08:48 AM

Or recently, we had a thread about how Bhikkhu Analayo PhD seemed to attempt to repudiate the principles of MN 117 about two kinds of right view, namely, mundane and supramundane, on the basis MN 117 includes the language of the Abhidhamma

Whilst the Abhidhamma assertion may have some merits, the principles in MN 117 do not contradict the core principles of the suttas

The suttas demonstrate the Buddha used the word lokuttara (supramundane; transendent) often (eg. SN 20.7) and that he definitely taught two kinds of right view (eg. MN 60 vs SN 12.15)

What is sammasati? Sati means to bear in mind or bring to mind. Sati is the state of recollecting, the state of remembering, the state of non-fading, the state of non-forgetting. Sati means the sati that is a Spiritual Faculty, the sati that is a Spiritual Power, Sammasati, the Sati that is an Enlightenment Factor, that which is a Path Factor and that which is related to the Path. This is what is called sammasati.

Vbh.105, 286

And what is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The discernment, the faculty of discernment, the strength of discernment, analysis of dhammas as a factor for Awakening, the path factor of right view of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is free from effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.

And what is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The thinking, directed thinking, resolve, (mental) fixity, transfixion, focused awareness & verbal fabricators of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.

Maha-cattarisaka Sutta: The Great Forty

09-18-2011, 08:48 AM	#2
DoctorAlexandro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 364 Senior Member	Or recently, we had a thread about how Bhikkhu Analayo PhD seemed to attempt to repudiate the principles of MN 117 about two kinds of right view, namely, mundane and supramundane, on the basis MN 117 includes the language of the Abhidhamma Whilst the Abhidhamma assertion may have some merits, the principles in MN 117 do not contradict the core principles of the suttas The suttas demonstrate the Buddha used the word lokuttara (supramundane; transendent) often (eg. SN 20.7) and that he definitely taught two kinds of right view (eg. MN 60 vs SN 12.15) What is sammasati? Sati means to bear in mind or bring to mind. Sati is the state of recollecting, the state of remembering, the state of non-fading, the state of non-forgetting. Sati means the sati that is a Spiritual Faculty, the sati that is a Spiritual Power, Sammasati, the Sati that is an Enlightenment Factor, that which is a Path Factor and that which is related to the Path. This is what is called sammasati. Vbh.105, 286 And what is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The discernment, the faculty of discernment, the strength of discernment, analysis of dhammas as a factor for Awakening, the path factor of right view of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is free from effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path. And what is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The thinking, directed thinking, resolve, (mental) fixity, transfixion, focused awareness & verbal fabricators of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path. Maha-cattarisaka Sutta: The Great Forty
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