The notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism: The point of view

Fuller, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9185-9547 2004. The notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism: The point of view. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism, Abingdon: Routledge.

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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
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	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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