Supramundane Right View
Persons of Right View |
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type of right view |
type of person | understanding | |
mundane right view (lokiya) |
"worldling" (puthujjana) |
Buddhists & non-Buddhists |
believes in one's own kamma |
Buddhists only |
does not hold to a "view of self" |
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supra- mundane right view (lokuttara) |
disciple in higher training (sekha): stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner |
"fixed" right view |
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one beyond training (asekha): arahant |
right view "beyond training" |
The Papañcasūdani identifies different types of right view contingent on one's breadth and depth of understanding (see the table to the right). According to this commentary, when Ven. Sariputta discusses one "who has perfect confidence in the Dhamma and has arrived at the true Dhamma," he is referring to one who has attained "supramundane right view," thus holding out this higher achievement as a milestone for his audience.
Read more about this topic: Sammaditthi Sutta, Post-canonical Commentary
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