Dear Wayne,
op 11-03-2003 05:29 schreef Wayne Turner op waynetmail@...:

> Here are some paragraphs from Sariputta's _The Discourse on Right View_ ,
> the _Sammaditthi Sutta_, where the Pali word translated as "taints" is
> key.

N: aasava, also tr as influx, bias:
Sammaadi.t.thisutta: Tayo 'me aavuso aasavaa: kaamaasavo, bhaavaasavo
avijjaasavo.
There are three taints: the taint of sensual desire, the taint

> of being and the taint of ignorance.

Sometimes there are four: di.t.thaasavo. Wrong view. Dhammas are classified
differently at different places.
I could say more about this important subject, but now I cannot. For more
info see my "Cetasikas" on
http://www.zolag.co.uk/
http://www.abhidhamma.org/

I just see that Dimitri answered too,

Nina.