Welcome to the group, Prof. and thanks for your profound definition of
'sammaa'.

Yong Peng.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Masefield
Date: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:30 AM

>Sammaa and micchaa are very common Pali terms, and there really is no
>mystery about them.
>
>The real meaning of the Pali term sammaa (Sanskrit samyak) is "right" in
>the sense of "proper", and is usually glossed in the commentaries by
>hetunå (with (good) cause, reasonable, etc.and thus, by extension,
>perhaps "factual"), ~naayena (in the right/correct manner, etc.) and
>avipariita.m (unequivocal, incontravertible).
>
>This sense is also illustrated by its opposite, micchaa (Sanskrit
>mithyaa), which means "wrong", or "incorrect".
>
>So sammaadi.t.thi is "right/correct" view, i.e. seeing things properly
>(and as they really are--yathaabhuuta.m), as opposed to micchaadi.t.thi,
>"wrong/incorrect" view, i.e. not seeing things properly (or as they
>really are).
>
>Peter Masefield.