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**Adimonnna** · 07-08-2010, 04:53 PM

SN 12.15...

Dwelling at Savatthi... Then Ven. Kaccayana Gotta approached the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "Lord, 'Right view, right view,' it is said. To what extent is there right view?"

"By & large, Kaccayana, this world is supported by (takes as its object) a polarity, that of existence & non-existence. But when one sees the origination of the world as it actually is with right discernment, 'non-existence' with reference to the world does not occur to one. When one sees the cessation of the world as it actually is with right discernment, 'existence' with reference to the world does not occur to one. Compare that with Bhikkhu Bodhi's "The outer world is quite real and possesses objective existence."

Is the Buddha saying Bhikkhu Bodhi does not possess Right View?

Metta,
Retro.

07-08-2010, 04:53 PM	#2
Adimonnna Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	SN 12.15... Dwelling at Savatthi... Then Ven. Kaccayana Gotta approached the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "Lord, 'Right view, right view,' it is said. To what extent is there right view?" "By & large, Kaccayana, this world is supported by (takes as its object) a polarity, that of existence & non-existence. But when one sees the origination of the world as it actually is with right discernment, 'non-existence' with reference to the world does not occur to one. When one sees the cessation of the world as it actually is with right discernment, 'existence' with reference to the world does not occur to one. Compare that with Bhikkhu Bodhi's "The outer world is quite real and possesses objective existence." Is the Buddha saying Bhikkhu Bodhi does not possess Right View? Metta, Retro.
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