Imagery in the Early Buddhist Texts

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Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View

This is part 16 of a course going systematically through Bhikkhu Analayo's Excursions series.

Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"

Suttas

SN 3.25: The Mountains Simile (.pdf)

AN 4.147: Times (2)

AN 7.15: A Simile With Water

Ud 6.4: Various Sectarians (1) (.pdf)

Bonus:

The Blind Men and the Elephant – Natalie Merchant

A Klezmar version of the poem by John Godfrey Saxe based on Ud 6.4.

Similes

Hecker similes: 31, 46, 72 and 78.

Reflections

How can we recognize wrong view? According to these suttas, what does right view sound like?

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