Thank you Nina and DC,
That resolves my questions on magnitudes and flavors of wrong-ness of
views.
-Frank

On 1/26/2010 7:29 PM, DC Wijeratna wrote:
>
> On 1/27/10, frank <fcckuan@... <mailto:fcckuan%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > In reading [M. 22] simile of snake,
> >
> > I came across: pa-pakam. dit.t.higatam.
> > which was translated as "pernicious view". (which arose in the monk
> > Arittha who misrepresented the Buddha's teaching by claiming that one
> > could enjoy sensual pleasures without it being an obstacle to the path).
> >
> > checking DPR's dictionary, and CST4, I can not discern how that compares
> > with miccha-ditthi, the usual translation of "wrong view" that occurs
> > frequently throughout the cannon.
> >
> > So on the scale of wrong and harmful views, which is worse, more
> offensive?
> > Papakam ditthigatam or miccha-ditthi?
> >
> > DPR defines "ditthigatam" as "a belief, a wrong view"
> > and paapakam as "wicked, sinful".
> >
> > Nyanatiloka buddhist dictionary says "ditthigatam" is a theory, such as
> > "the buddha was free from theory (ditthigatam), for he saw material form
> > as it really is."
> >
> > Based on nyanatiloka's definition, "ditthigatam" used on it's own seems
> > to have an ethically neutral quality.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
> Di.t.thi is a view, theory, dogma etc.
>
> micchaa sammaa, paapaka.m etc are adjcetives that qualify di.t.thi.
>
> paapaka.m (evil) as an adjective qualifies di.t.thi. Evil view. This
> has to do with ethihcs and behaviour.
>
> micchaa makes it an 'empty or false' view. This has to do with
> knowledge and truth.
>
> So there is no comparison
>
> --
> Metta is being friendly to everybody
>
>



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