The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism : The Point of View.

By: Fuller, PaulMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203010433Subject(s): Buddhism -- Doctrines | Spiritual life -- Buddhism | Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- BuddhismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism : The Point of ViewDDC classification: 294.3/42 LOC classification: BQ4320 -- .F85 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE CONTENT OF WRONG-VIEW -- 2 THE CONTENT OF RIGHT-VIEW -- 3 THE WAY WRONG-VIEW FUNCTIONS -- 4 THE WAY RIGHT-VIEW FUNCTIONS -- 5 THE TRANSCENDENCE OF VIEWS -- 6 VIEWS AND NON-ATTACHMENT -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: 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.
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BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE CONTENT OF WRONG-VIEW -- 2 THE CONTENT OF RIGHT-VIEW -- 3 THE WAY WRONG-VIEW FUNCTIONS -- 4 THE WAY RIGHT-VIEW FUNCTIONS -- 5 THE TRANSCENDENCE OF VIEWS -- 6 VIEWS AND NON-ATTACHMENT -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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.

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