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Giving Up Wrong View

Micchādiṭṭhipahānasutta

Wrong view arises due to grasping the process of sense experience.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

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0.3MicchādiṭṭhipahānasuttaGiving Up Wrong View

1.1Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha …1.2ekamantaṁ nisinno so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:and said to him:

1.3“kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato kathaṁ passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyatī”ti?“Sir, how does one know and see so that wrong view is given up?”

2.1“Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccato jānato passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyati.“Mendicant, knowing and seeing the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact as impermanent, wrong view is given up. …2.2Rūpe aniccato jānato passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyati.2.3Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccato jānato passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyati.2.4Cakkhusamphassaṁ aniccato jānato passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyati …pe…

2.5yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyati.And also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact as impermanent, wrong view is given up.

2.6Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṁ passato micchādiṭṭhi pahīyatī”ti.This is how to know and see so that wrong view is given up.”

2.7Dasamaṁ.