Here are some more thoughs on samma.

1. The basic sense of sammaa comes from the prefix 'sa' or 'sam'

2. Sa is derived from sad or sat meaning true; real and the other meaning is 'one's own'

3. Thus the meaning of samma in the most general sense is true and false

4. In English there are many ways of representing this. True, False, Right, Wrong, Complete, incomplete and 1 and zero, What belongs to one what does not belong to you and so on; the collection and what is not the collection

5. In Buddhism, samma is used virtually all the above senses.

6. The shade of meaning that has to be used has to be determined from the context.

7. Words have meanings only within a context

8. Usage in Dhamma can be broadly classified under: real and unreal (ontological), right and wrong (ethical) or skilful and unskilful

9. The Sanskrit equivalent of sammaa is 'samyak'

10. Meanings are given in Monier Williams

With Metta

D. C. Wijeratna

D. G. D. C. Wijeratna



----- Original Message ----
From: Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 5:44:06 PM
Subject: SV: RE: [Pali] sammaditthi

--- Mike Stelmach <mfstelmach@... org> skrev:

> Below are some more tips on Sammaditthi:
>
> 1. For 21st century English, the translation of
> "samma" as "right" may be
> very misleading. Samma does not convey a sense of
> right/wrong, good/evil as
> mentioned.

As sammaa is in some texts opposed to micchaa - e. g.
micchaa-di.t. thi, "wrong view", and so on with the
other factors of the path - I think it does indeed
convey "a sense of right/wrong" , although other
meanings may also be included.

Gunnar

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