Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism The Point of View
| Author/creator | Fuller, Paul Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Ipswich : Ebsco Publishing [Distributor] |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780203010433 |
| ISBN | 0203010434 (E-Book) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00081154 |