Five Views: 1 definition

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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Five Views:—A technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit dṛṣṭi defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 68).

  1. Embodiment view (satkāyadṛṣṭi),
  2. Holding extreme views (antagrāhadṛṣṭi),
  3. Wrong view (mithyādṛṣṭi),
  4. Grasping at view (dṛṣṭiparāmarśa),
  5. Grasping at virtue and practice (śīlavrataparāmarśa).

The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ‘five views’). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

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