Fuller, Paul ![]() |
Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Book |
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Book Type: | Authored Book |
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism |
Additional Information: | Copyright year 2005 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
ISBN: | 9780415342933 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2022 11:31 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/95249 |
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