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Things preventing us from freedom
June 9, 2013
10/06/2013 19:39 (GMT+7)
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The Buddha advised us to thoroughly understand, comprehend and abandon the views as they are one of the knots of fetters that the fasten us tightly to prevent us from deliverance and freedom. What are their kinds?

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(1) (Hedonistic) gratification views,
(2) Views about self,
(3) Wrong view,
(4) Views about individuality,
(5) Views of eternity based individuality,
(6) Views of annihilation based on individuality,
(7) Views assuming finiteness,
(8) Views about past finiteness,
(9) Views about future finiteness,
(10) Vies that fetter ( to harm)
(11) Views that shackle with the conceit “I”
(12) Views that shackle with the conceit “mine”
(13) Views associated with self-theories
(14) Views associated with world-theories
(15) Views of being (as eternity)
(16) Views of non-being (as annihilation)

Let me show you example: views about self – i.e. sees materiality as self, or self possessed of materiality, or materiality in self, or self in materiality, or he sees feeling as self, or self possessed of feeling, or feeling in self, or self in feeling, perception in self, or self in perception, or he sees formations as self, or self possessed of formations,or formations in self, or he sees consciousness as self, or self in consciousness, or consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.

(This Article was taken by “Buddha’s real teaching” facebook page)

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