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正見

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: right view

Senses:

  • Correct view. In the most basic interpretation, the view that tallies with the Buddhist teaching of causality; understanding the four noble truths. The first of the items of practice in the Eightfold Correct Path 八正道. More broadly speaking, a view that results in the engagement in wholesome, purifying activities—any view that leads one along the path to enlightenment; as distinguished from wrong views 邪見, which lead to the creation of affliction and suffering. Cf. 見 (Skt. samyag-dṛṣṭi; paśyat; abhi-sam-√i, avabodha, aśaikṣī...dṛṣṭiḥ, ṛju-dṛṣṭika, tattva-darśaka, dṛṣṭi, dṛṣṭi-saṃpanna, √paś, vipaśyanā, samyak √paś, samyag-darśin, samyag-dṛś, samyag-dṛṣṭika,mithyā-dṛṣṭeḥ prativiratiḥ; Pāli sammā-diṭṭhi; log par lta ba spong ba; Tib. yang dag pa'i lta ba).

    References:

    Fuller, Paul. 2005. The Notion of Diṭṭhi in Theravāda Buddhism. London and New York:  RoutledgeCurzon.

    [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Yokoi]
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    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 539

    Bulgyo sajeon 775a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 539b

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 689

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 5-P85, 6-P29, 8-P37

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 698d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1988

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0684

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2587c,4214c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 770-1

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 193

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2014-06-05