Parent:: [[Noble 8-fold Path]] Related:: [[4 Noble Truths]], [[Dukkha]] # Sammā Diṭṭhi (Proper View) ## Worldly Proper Views ### How should a Sensible person see, in a world of Contradicting views? > [!success] How should a Sensible person see? — In Apaṇṇakasutta ([MN60](https://suttacentral.net/mn60/en/sujato)) > A sensible person reflects on this matter in this way: > _Tatra, gahapatayo, viññū puriso iti paṭisañcikkhati:_ > > ‘If there is no other world, when this individual’s body breaks up they will keep themselves safe. > _‘sace kho natthi paro loko evamayaṁ bhavaṁ purisapuggalo kāyassa bhedā sotthimattānaṁ karissati;_ > > And if there is another world, when their body breaks up, after death, they will be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. > _sace kho atthi paro loko, evamayaṁ bhavaṁ purisapuggalo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjissati._ > > But let us grant that those who say that there is no other world are correct. > _Kāmaṁ kho pana māhu paro loko, hotu nesaṁ bhavataṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ saccaṁ vacanaṁ;_ > > Regardless, that individual is still criticized by sensible people in this very life as being an immoral individual of wrong view, a nihilist.’ > _atha ca panāyaṁ bhavaṁ purisapuggalo diṭṭheva dhamme viññūnaṁ gārayho—dussīlo purisapuggalo micchādiṭṭhi natthikavādo’ti._ > > But if there really is another world, they hold a losing hand on both counts. > _Sace kho attheva paro loko, evaṁ imassa bhoto purisapuggalassa ubhayattha kaliggaho—_ > > For they are criticized by sensible people in this very life, and when their body breaks up, after death, they will be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. > _yañca diṭṭheva dhamme viññūnaṁ gārayho, yañca kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjissati._ > > They have wrongly undertaken this unfailing teaching in such a way that it encompasses the positive outcomes of one side only, leaving out the skillful premise. > _Evamassāyaṁ apaṇṇako dhammo dussamatto samādinno, ekaṁsaṁ pharitvā tiṭṭhati, riñcati kusalaṁ ṭhānaṁ._ ### This is the ONLY right view? > [!NOTE] In Apaṇṇakasutta ([MN60](https://suttacentral.net/mn60/en/sujato)) > Some ascetics and brahmins say that > _yepi te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṁvādino evaṁdiṭṭhino:_ > > there are totally formless meditations, **==but I have not known that==**. > _‘atthi sabbaso āruppā’ti, idaṁ me aviditaṁ._ > > **==Without knowing or seeing, it would not be appropriate for me to take one side and declare,==** > _Ahañceva kho pana ajānanto apassanto ekaṁsena ādāya vohareyyaṁ—_ > > ‘**==This is the only truth, anything else is futile==**.’ > _**==idameva saccaṁ, moghamaññanti, na metaṁ assa patirūpaṁ==**._ ## Noble Proper Views ## What is the Proper View? ![[MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta#^samma-ditthi]] ![[MN117 Mahācattārīsakasutta#^samma-ditthi-ariya]] ## Improper Views > [!tip] See: > - [[Wrong Views (Metaphysical)]] > - [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]] (Self Identity View) ## Suttas - **Definitions** - [[MN9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta]] - [[MN117 Mahācattārīsakasutta]] - MN60 Apanṇakasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn60/en/sujato)) - **(Very important)** Worldly wrong views, and what should one do when they cannot see (what is the right view) yet and live in this world of contradicting views? - 5 Wrong views: 'natthi paro loko', 'natthi kiriyā', 'natthi hetu, natthi paccayo sattānaṁ saṅkilesāya;', 'natthi sabbaso āruppā', '‘natthi sabbaso bhavanirodho' - MN48 Kosambiyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn48/en/sujato)) - Buddha taught 6 qualities with which one should treat spiritual companions, with the chief one being having a "noble view", including contemplating on 7 knowledges / factors which leads one to Sotapanna. - **Deeper** - SN12.15 Kaccānagotta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.15/en/sujato)) - Buddha explains that the "proper view" is that both "existence" and "non-existence" are [[Dukkha]] - **Wrong views** - SN24 Diṭṭhisaṁyutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn24/en/sujato)) - Suttas on ALL kinds of wrong views