Sammaditthi Sutta - Text

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In this discourse, Ven. Sariputta addresses a congregation of monks (bhikkhu) about how (in English and Pali):

"... a noble disciple is one of right view,
whose view is straight,
who has perfect confidence in the Dhamma,
and has arrived at this true Dhamma."

... ariyasāvako sammādiṭṭhi hoti.
Ujugatāssa diṭṭhi.
Dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato
āgato imaṃ saddhammanti.

At the monks' repeated urging, Ven. Sariputta then identifies the following sixteen cases (pariyāya) through which a noble disciple could achieve right view:

  • the Unwholesome and the Wholesome
  • Nutriments
  • the Four Noble Truths (discussed as one case)
  • the twelve causes (nidana) of Dependent Origination (discussed as twelve individual cases)
  • the Taints

Right view is achieved for the last fifteen of these cases by understanding (pajānāti) the four phases of each case:

  • the constituents of the case
  • its origin
  • its cessation
  • the way leading to its cessation

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