Questions tagged [wrongview]
The wrongview tag has no usage guidance.
29
questions
1
vote
2
answers
313
views
Resolving conflicts
Is there any mentioned in the sutras about specific approaches to resolving conflicts? Specifically, I am looking at applying an objective process. For example, if a person disagrees with another on ...
- 58.9k
0
votes
1
answer
611
views
If consciousness is a Reification, how does a Buddha attain the Truth?
'Reification' is making something real, bringing something into being or making something concrete.
The Pali suttas say about the relationship between consciousness and wisdom/enlightenment:
...
- 58.9k
1
vote
2
answers
103
views
Meditation focus points and their ill effects
During meditation in past, it was observed that if focus is maintained on nostrils, tip of nose and center of forehead(between eyebrows) then it causes cold and cough within 2-3 days of such practice.
...
- 59
0
votes
2
answers
123
views
When does right or wrong view at death over ride the karma one has accumulated in life?
When does right or wrong view at death over ride the karma one has accumulated in life?
I was just reading (googling) how right and wrong view when we be die can determine our next birth, rather than ...
- 24
2
votes
6
answers
260
views
How does one effectively understand & navigate through the suicide cases found in the canon?
There's a question regarding the Dhamma that I really wish to rectify and clear up with you and that's regarding the suicide cases of Channa, Vakkali and Godhika - When I first came across these cases,...
1
vote
5
answers
204
views
Is liberation possible for those practicing unskillful means?
Is it possible for a person to gain liberation while simultaneously practicing unskillful means?
Is it possible for a person to understand profound universal truths while simultaneously practicing ...
CommunityBot
- 1
17
votes
7
answers
2k
views
What are examples of identity-view?
Identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi) is the first of the ten fetters.
The "eradication" of identity-view is important towards enlightenment.
Presumably, "eradication of identity-view" is ...
- 37.5k
3
votes
6
answers
2k
views
Did the Buddha ever refute the view of "extreme metaphysical nihilism" e.g. a view that "nothing is real"?
Important note: I am only using the word "real" only in the sense of meaning "exists and is not an illusion".
I am defining "extreme metaphysical nihilism" as the belief that "nothing is real".
I ...
- 618
1
vote
4
answers
1k
views
Doubting the quick attainments of the Mahasi Tradition
I have noticed that a lot of Mahasi practitioners seem to reach sotopanna very quickly.
What is the difference from other methods of Buddhist Meditation and the Mahasi Method, relative to the apparent ...
- 7,240
5
votes
2
answers
334
views
Why would the Buddha refrain from instructing?
Namo Buddhaya
In the sutta of Talaputa Sutta: To Talaputa the Actor SN 42.2
The Buddha, to the demand of the actor presenting his wrong view wishing to know what Lord Buddha thought of, answers
...
- 42.8k
2
votes
1
answer
129
views
what those wrong views mean?
Middle length suttas often include following descriptions of wrong views (MN 44, MN 109, MN131, MN 138):
regards material form as self, or self as possessed of material form,
or material form as in ...
- 42.8k
21
votes
6
answers
4k
views
How should Buddhists handle prayer requests?
Fairly regularly people ask me to pray for them or their family members. In my understanding, Buddhist don't generally pray for things to be different than what they are. But it never seems ...
- 136
1
vote
3
answers
120
views
Is "anupassi" translated as "focused" accurate?
I read the following on the internet:
If having a little wisdom one would not see any different between
"staying right focused" and "watch closely", but the fool seeks to
...
- 58.9k
2
votes
4
answers
173
views
Skillful assumptions
Does atheism in Buddhism mean you let a belief arise that God doesn't exist? Is this a skillful assumption? Why or why not?
Was it right view for one to believe that the world wasn't round during the ...
- 21
2
votes
5
answers
103
views
About suffering, expectations and unfalsifiable beliefs
I've been wondering if it's possible to "progress" towards enlightenment if one has certain set of beliefs which may (or may not) be false (or illogical), but which do not generate conflict between ...
CommunityBot
- 1
0
votes
2
answers
97
views
What do Venerable Cha Mo's similes on the Flower's Scent and the Perfumed Rag mean with regard to satkāyadṛṣṭi?
In the Khemakabhikṣusūtra, 差摩比丘經, Sermon of the Monk Chà Mó, T99.29c06 Saṁyuktāgama sūtra #103 (readable in Pāli at 22.89 of the Saṁyuttamikāya)Venerable Chà Mó, who is Khemakabhikkhu in Pāli, gives a ...
- 58.9k
0
votes
5
answers
378
views
How do we help people who have wrong views?
There are lot of wrong views in other religions but there are even some Buddhist who have wrong views. They don’t believe in rebirth and karma. And they say that they are metaphors. They seems to be ...
CommunityBot
- 1
4
votes
7
answers
308
views
Questions About Views in Buddhism
I have looked at a list of some wrong-views in Buddhism, and I'm somewhat confused about the meaning of the notion of 'view' [ditthi].
In Buddhism, what does it mean to hold a view?
1) I ask this ...
- 47.1k
15
votes
6
answers
449
views
How concerned should Buddhists be with the actions of others?
Even as I find peace and contentment in observing the 5 precepts and following along the 8 fold path, I realize I sometimes unintentionally benefit from those who don't live in this manner. For ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
6
answers
159
views
Am I a man of integrity?
Namo Budhhaya (I would like to begin by paying homage to Buddha...I don't think that will violate the rules of the forum please).
I oppose science for its wrong views on the origin of Universe , ...
4
votes
2
answers
272
views
"No spontaneously reborn beings"
One of the 10 wrong views is the view that there are no spontaneously reborn beings.
The preceding 2 wrong views in the sequence of 10 are "there is no mother" and "there is no father".
Now beings ...
- 42.8k
14
votes
9
answers
3k
views
Is practicing Buddhism to be happy a wrong view?
One of my teachers has said that practicing Buddhism isn't about having a good time. That's always struck me as a bit harsh. If I practice Buddhism to feel a bit better about myself and to be happy is ...
CommunityBot
- 1
6
votes
4
answers
907
views
What is knowledge?
Understanding that there various kinds of knowledge, could somone please help elaborate on the kind of direct knowledge the Buddha referred to in the context of liberation.
As a conditioned being who ...
- 728
2
votes
8
answers
533
views
Even if those offended are just ignorant about the word "Hinayana", why use it?
Why use a word thought by some to be offensive even if the meaning isn't meant to be offensive?
There is no other word that can be used? Would using another word (or phrase) be compassionate towards ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
7
answers
184
views
How to deal with people giving reviews to the teaching?
I recently asked a question here and like always some good friends helped me, Their references were right on point and they referred the correct Sutras and i'm forever thankful for that. But when i ...
CommunityBot
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
79
views
Being called Buddhist [duplicate]
I always wondered why do people that practice Buddhist practices, label or opt not to label themselves "Buddhist".
- 42.8k
-1
votes
2
answers
235
views
Meditation and Materialism
Many people try to approach meditation and Buddhism from a scientific materialist perspective, despite the fact that Buddhism makes explicit claims about the after life, and despite the fact that ...
- 42.8k
7
votes
2
answers
280
views
Is suspending judgement a way to avoid wrong view?
I came to this question from a comment made on an answer to a question about belief in rebirth. The comment read:
"A view that rebirth does not exist is a wrong view. You cannot realize Nibbana with ...
- 21.1k
5
votes
2
answers
694
views
What is a 'pernicious' wrong belief?
Under six major wrong doings (Abhithanani) in Buddhism,
(i. matricide, ii. patricide, iii. the murder of arahants (the Consummate Ones), iv. the shedding of the Buddha's blood, v. causing schism in ...
CommunityBot
- 1