View (Buddhism)

[3] The term dṛṣṭi (Pāli: diṭṭhi; Tibetan: lta ba; Chinese: 見, jian) is often translated as "view" or "opinion."

[6] In the early sutras, the Buddha, having attained the state of unconditioned mind, is said to have "passed beyond the bondage, tie, greed, obsession, acceptance, attachment, and lust of view.

[4] The concept of views also plays a role in other doctrinal frameworks: it is listed as the second of the four attachments (upādāna), alongside sensual desire (kāma), faith in the efficacy of rites and rituals (śīlavrata), and belief in a permanent self (ātmavāda).

Furthermore, views are identified as the third of the four mental poisons (āsrava), along with sensuality (kāma), craving for continued existence (bhava), and ignorance (avidyā).

[10][11][9] Originating in the pre-Buddhist Brahmanical concerns with sacrifice rituals and asceticism, in early texts the Buddha shifts the emphasis to a karmic perspective, which includes the entire religious life.

[13] According to Indologist Tilmann Vetter, right view came to explicitly include karma and Rebirth, and the importance of the Four Noble Truths, when "insight" became central to Buddhist soteriology.

[5] A second meaning of right view is an initial understanding of points of doctrine such as the Four Noble Truths, not-self and Dependent Origination, combined with the intention to accept those teachings and apply them to oneself.

Each of these nine yana is understood as a historical category of literature set in time, place and circumstance as well as an exegetical framework for discussing and contemplating these works.