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**krasniyluch** · 03-06-2010, 05:22 PM

What views are the right views ?
If something arise to the mind and we observe :-
1. That thing,
2. The origin of that,
3. The cessation of that,
4. The way leading to the cessation of that.
Then we are in the right view.

Well said sukitlek,
The largest problem English users will have with this sutta is the word "view".

A view, for 99.9% of us is an opinion or a philosophy.

The word does not suggest a direct experience and that's the problem.

As you say, it is these things as they appear to the mind, their arising and dissolving and arising again which gives insight (view) into the process of becoming.

Correct seeing or insight would perhaps be better words, as they suggest a direct experience, rather than an intellectually held opinion.

Namaste

03-06-2010, 05:22 PM	#5
krasniyluch Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 487 Senior Member	What views are the right views ? If something arise to the mind and we observe :- 1. That thing, 2. The origin of that, 3. The cessation of that, 4. The way leading to the cessation of that. Then we are in the right view. Well said sukitlek, The largest problem English users will have with this sutta is the word "view". A view, for 99.9% of us is an opinion or a philosophy. The word does not suggest a direct experience and that's the problem. As you say, it is these things as they appear to the mind, their arising and dissolving and arising again which gives insight (view) into the process of becoming. Correct seeing or insight would perhaps be better words, as they suggest a direct experience, rather than an intellectually held opinion. Namaste
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