The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism: The Point of View
Fuller, Paul
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Book ID : 43931
ISBN-10 : 1-138-74425-5 / 1138744255
ISBN-13 : 978-1-138-74425-7 / 9781138744257
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2017
Edition : (Special Indian Edition)
Language : English
257p., App., 24 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Introduction 2. The Content of Wrong-View 3. The Content of Right-View 4. The Way Wrong-View Functions 5. The Way Right-View Functions 6. The Transcendence of Views 7. Conclusion
DESCRIPTION
The notion of 'view' or 'opinion' (ditthi) as an obstacle to 'seeing things as they are' is a central concept in Buddhist thought. This book considers the two ways in which the notion of views are usually understood. Are we to understand right-view as a correction of wrong-views (the opposition understanding) or is the aim of the Buddhist path the overcoming of all views, even right-view (the no-views understanding)? The author argues that neither approach is correct. Instead he suggests that the early texts do not understand right-view as a correction of wrong-view, but as a detached order of seeing, completely different from the attitude of holding to any view, wrong or right.
