What is wrong view?
It is a distorted view of realities, a misinterpretation of them. Do we, for
example, know hearing as only an element which hears or do we still cling
to an idea of self who hears? Do we know sound as it is, as only a reality
which can be heard, or do we take what is heard for a "person" or a
"thing" such as a voice or a car? Person, voice or car are concepts we can
think of but which cannot be heard. Hearing and thinking occur at different
moments and these realities experience different objects. Only one object
can be experienced at a time through the appropriate doorway, but we
still have many misunderstandings about reality. Through the study of the
Dhamma we may have acquired theoretical understanding of realities as
being impermanent and non-self, but wrong view cannot be eradicated
through theoretical understanding.It can only be eradicated through the
practice, through the development of the eightfold Path.
Topic 44
6 Jan 2012