"The Five Types of Right View (Sammādiṭṭhi)
1. Kammassakatā Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Ownership of Kamma)2. Jhāna Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Absorption)
3. Vipassanā Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Insight)
4. Magga Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of the Path)
5. Phala Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Fruition)
As taught by Mogok Sayadaw:
#In_conventional_truth_kamma_is_paramount
When we truly believe in kamma:
- When afflicted by 'spirits' or 'witches'
- Would we still perform animal sacrifices?
#No_we_wouldn't
Why believe in kamma?
If in past lives we killed others,
Can we escape the consequences?
If we believe this, do we need rituals?
#Can_we_escape_through_rituals?
Causes bring results
We must accept the khandhas' burden
#Must_accept_death
If we hadn't done it in the past,
Would others do it to us now?
If in past lives we:
- Spread gossip and slander
- Stole from others
- Told lies
Can we escape our turn?
Kammaṃ vipākassa
#Like_shadow_follows_form
Effects follow causes
Isn't this worth believing?
With this belief,
Keep five precepts unbroken
In conventional truth,
Sīla is essential for living in the world
#Without_sīla_how_can_we_manage?
These are the essential points."
"In ancient times, wealthy people like Jotika and Atulakārī:
Their wealth couldn't be stolen
No king could seize it
No fire could burn it
No water could destroy it
#This_was_due_to_perfect_sīla_in_past_lives
Those without sīla:
From past lives, when unwholesome kamma ripens
Face problems like hunger
Though sometimes relieved by past good kamma
Will this relief last forever?
When good kamma is exhausted
Doesn't bad kamma take its turn?
This requires faith in Kammassakatā Sammādiṭṭhi
Then do we need:
- Ghost ceremonies?
- Fortune telling?
- Rituals?
#No_longer_needed
This is true faith in kamma
Like yesterday's Golden Swan story:
If you killed in past lives, you can't escape
Even if saved this time
#Debts_must_be_paid
If you never killed, none will kill you
Consider Venerable Moggallāna:
Unequaled in psychic powers
Yet repeatedly pursued by thieves
Despite earth-diving and sky-flying powers
Why? Looking at past lives:
He deceived his mother in many lives
#When_that_kamma_ripened_could_he_escape?
Finally, five hundred thieves killed him
Like slaughtering cattle
Even as an Arahant, why couldn't he escape?
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid
Kammaṃ vipākassa (Kamma brings its results)"
Their wealth couldn't be stolen
No king could seize it
No fire could burn it
No water could destroy it
#This_was_due_to_perfect_sīla_in_past_lives
Those without sīla:
From past lives, when unwholesome kamma ripens
Face problems like hunger
Though sometimes relieved by past good kamma
Will this relief last forever?
When good kamma is exhausted
Doesn't bad kamma take its turn?
This requires faith in Kammassakatā Sammādiṭṭhi
Then do we need:
- Ghost ceremonies?
- Fortune telling?
- Rituals?
#No_longer_needed
This is true faith in kamma
Like yesterday's Golden Swan story:
If you killed in past lives, you can't escape
Even if saved this time
#Debts_must_be_paid
If you never killed, none will kill you
Consider Venerable Moggallāna:
Unequaled in psychic powers
Yet repeatedly pursued by thieves
Despite earth-diving and sky-flying powers
Why? Looking at past lives:
He deceived his mother in many lives
#When_that_kamma_ripened_could_he_escape?
Finally, five hundred thieves killed him
Like slaughtering cattle
Even as an Arahant, why couldn't he escape?
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid
Kammaṃ vipākassa (Kamma brings its results)"
"In the second link (of Dependent Origination), isn't consciousness, mind-matter, six sense bases, contact, and feeling taught?
Are these causes or effects?
#Can_we_escape_from_effects?
No, we cannot.
Think about it:
When we feel pain, don't we cry out?
These are effects.
Don't we experience being slandered?
Consider - the khandhas we receive are effects
Things to be understood.
What can we be freed from?
'Extinction through destruction of:
- Greed
- Hatred
- Delusion'
#We_can_free_ourselves_from_defilements
With defilements gone, will there be new khandhas?
The Buddha taught of five khandhas
Not as something to enjoy
But as something to endure
#Cannot_enjoy_must_endure
When we understand suffering and causation
Do craving, clinging, and kamma remain?
Aren't the three cycles of Dependent Origination broken?
- Craving cycle
- Clinging cycle
- Kamma cycle
Breaking these three is primary
Like Moggallāna:
After being brutally killed
He went to the Buddha
Asked permission for parinibbāna
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid
Consider Aṅgulimāla:
A murderer worse than animal killers
Yet upon meeting Buddha
Learning about:
- Noble Truths
- Five Aggregates
- Dependent Origination
Didn't he attain path and fruition?
Did he continue killing?
#He_was_freed
Through practice, didn't he complete the monk's duty?
This is how we must study and contemplate
Remember, contemplation is practice..."
Are these causes or effects?
#Can_we_escape_from_effects?
No, we cannot.
Think about it:
When we feel pain, don't we cry out?
These are effects.
Don't we experience being slandered?
Consider - the khandhas we receive are effects
Things to be understood.
What can we be freed from?
'Extinction through destruction of:
- Greed
- Hatred
- Delusion'
#We_can_free_ourselves_from_defilements
With defilements gone, will there be new khandhas?
The Buddha taught of five khandhas
Not as something to enjoy
But as something to endure
#Cannot_enjoy_must_endure
When we understand suffering and causation
Do craving, clinging, and kamma remain?
Aren't the three cycles of Dependent Origination broken?
- Craving cycle
- Clinging cycle
- Kamma cycle
Breaking these three is primary
Like Moggallāna:
After being brutally killed
He went to the Buddha
Asked permission for parinibbāna
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid
Consider Aṅgulimāla:
A murderer worse than animal killers
Yet upon meeting Buddha
Learning about:
- Noble Truths
- Five Aggregates
- Dependent Origination
Didn't he attain path and fruition?
Did he continue killing?
#He_was_freed
Through practice, didn't he complete the monk's duty?
This is how we must study and contemplate
Remember, contemplation is practice..."