Describe a person who possesses right views in the Buddhist religion.?

Question

I need to know what it means to possess right views as one of the eight pieces of Buddhism's Eightfold Path to Righteousness.

Answer 1

This is the Middle Path which the Perfect One discovered and expounded, which gives rise to vision and knowledge, which leads to peace, wisdom, enlightenment, and nibbana - the Noble Eightfold Path:

1. Right Understanding: of suffering, of its origin, of its cessation, of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

2. Right Intention: of renunciation, free from craving; of good will, free from aversion; of compassion, free from cruelty.

3. Right Speech: abstaining from false speech, abstaining from malicious speech, abstaining from harsh speech, abstaining from useless speech.

4. Right Action: abstaining from taking life, abstaining from stealing, abstaining from sexual misconduct.

5. Right Livelihood: giving up wrong livelihood, one earns one's living by a right form of livelihood.

6. Right effort: to prevent unarisen unwholesome evil states of mind from arising by making effort, stirring up energy and exerting mind.

7. Right mindfulness: mindful contemplation of the body, mindful contemplation of feelings, mindful contemplation of the mind, mindful contemplation of mental objects.

8. Right Concentration: Quite secluded from sense pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states of mind one enters and dwells in the first jhana (meditative absorbtion), which is accompanied by applied thought and sustained thought with rapture and happiness born of seclusion.

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Answer 2

"Delusion" is a mental state which misleads a person's perception of the "real" world. It is like in a state of hallucination where one is unable to see the true picture. It is like looking at a rainbow believing it to be real; or in a desert looking at a mirage. It is the result of not knowing the real nature of things. "Not knowing" means "ignorance". Ignorance causes us to have a deluded mind. This mental state is the cause of all our follies. It prevents us from seeing the real nature of this life and the universe, and existence in general. It tricks us to view life as pleasureable, of substance, and permanent. In reality existence is the direct opposite, that is, unsatisfactory, insubstantial, and impermanent.

The first of the Noble Eightfold Path is Right View. If one does not have this Right View, then in the Buddhist context, one is being ignorant. And when one is being ignorant, one has a deluded mind. With this deluded mind, one's perception of the world is flawed, resulting in stress and sorrow. What is this Right View? Others use the terms "Right Understanding" or "Right Perspective". On the fundamental interpretation, it is the understanding of the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths are the truth of suffering; the truth of the cause of suffering; the truth to the ending of suffering; and the truth to the path leading to this ending, which is the Noble Eightfold Path.

On a more comprehensive interpretation, Right View means in addition to the above, the understanding of the salient aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The main teachings are the "Trilogy of Existence" (Impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, insubstantiality); the Universal Law of Kamma (and rebirth); the Cycle of Dependent Origination; and the five aggregates of a being. To advance further in real understanding is the realization of these teachings (Dhamma, which means universal truths) through experiencing the results from practising the Dhamma. Once a person achieves this realization, he can be considered to have gained wisdom. He is no more ignorant. His mind is clear, awakened...no more delusion! He experiences inner peace in this troubled world.

In common experience; it's just like a person trying to find the way in darkness. The 4 Noble Truths are the lights dispersing the darkness. While the Noble Eightfold Path is the road one has to travel to reach one's destination.

Answer 3

Good question, christianity was introduced to china during the 7th Century where it was accepted by Buddhist and Taoists, with its Buddhist and Taoist influences it became a major religion in China until it was forced out by Confucianism. The problem does not lie so much with christianity but christians.

Answer 4

Pat Robertson

Answer 5

"Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation. We are all the same being in different disguises. If I start to peel the layers of my soul, I begin to go beyond my constricted fabricated self and discover who I really am."

Deepak Chopra, a Vedanta scholar from India.

Answer 6

An Ariya,a noble person,on the path to enlightenment.

Answer 7

The Dalai Lama.