Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View

This is part 16 of a course going through the similes and metaphors of the Buddha. Course home 1: Introduction to Imagery in the EBTs2: Taṇhā — Craving3: Rāga — Passion4: Vyāpāda — Hatred and Aversion5: Thīnamiddha — Sloth and Torpor6: Uddhaccakukkuca — Restlessness and Worry7: Vicikicchā — Doubt8: Vedanā — Feelings9: Vedanānupassanā — Investigating Feelings10: Sukha — Happiness11: Upekkhā — Equanimity12: Yathābhūtañāṇadassana — Knowledge and Vision of the Way Things Are13: Vimutti — Liberation14: Upādāna – Grasping15: Sakkāyadiṭṭhi - Self View16: Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View17: Saṅkhāra — Activity18: Vitakka — Thought19: Yoniso Manasikāra — Wise Attention20: Vipassanā — Insight21: Samatha & Vipassanā — Tranquility & Insight22: Samādhi — Immersion23: Viveka — Seclusion24: Vossagga — Letting Go25: Suññatā — Emptiness26: Conclusion

Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"

Textbook

Read Chapter 3 of:

From Grasping to Emptiness: Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses Volume 2 – Bhikkhu Anālayo (.pdf)

Suttas

SN 3.25: The Mountains Simile (.pdf)

SN 17.8: A Jackal (.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?

Continue to Part 17, Saṅkhāra — Activity

...or go back to part 15