Dṛṣṭiparāmarśa
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Dṛṣṭiparāmarśa (P. diṭṭhiparāmāsa; T. lta ba mchog tu 'dzin pa ལྟ་བ་མཆོག་ཏུ་འཛིན་པ་; C. jianqu) is translated as "attachment to wrong views," "belief in ideological supremacy," etc.
Dṛṣṭiparāmarśa is identified in the Sanskrit tradition as the fourth of the five types of wrong view, where the first three types of wrong view are: 1) view of personal identity, 2) extreme views, and 3) wrong views. Dṛṣṭiparāmarśa is:
- holding any of the first three types of wrong view as superior
- and also holding the basis for those beliefs, the five perpetuating aggregates, superior.
Explanations
The Khenjuk states:
- Holding belief to be paramount means regarding the above three unwholesome beliefs[1] as well as the basis for those beliefs, the five perpetuating aggregates, as being paramount and sacred. It causes complete clinging to unwholesome belief.[2]
StudyBuddhism states:
- Holding a deluded outlook as supreme (lta-ba mchog-tu ‘dzin-pa, an outlook of false supremacy) regards as supreme one of our deluded outlooks and the samsara-perpetuating aggregates based on which the deluded outlook is produced. Tsongkhapa specified that the outlook at which this disturbing, deluded discriminating awareness aims may be our deluded outlook of a transitory network, our extreme outlook, or our distorted outlook. According to Vasubandhu, this disturbing attitude may regard the samsara-perpetuating aggregates, based on which any of the above three deluded outlooks is produced, with the discordant attention that they are totally clean by nature or a source of true happiness.[3]
Alternate translations
- attachment to (wrong) views (Buswell, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism)
- holding a belief to be paramount (Kunsang, Gateway to Knowledge)
- holding erroneous views as supreme (Thubten Chodron, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
- holding views to be supreme (Thupten Jinpa, Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics)
- clinging to ideologies (Guenther, Mind in Buddhist Psychology)
- holding a deluded outlook as supreme (Berzin)
Notes
- ↑ This refers to the fist three types of wrong view/belief.
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2004, s.v. Chapter 1.
- ↑ Berzin, s.v. Mental factors.
Sources
Berzin, Alexander (ed.), Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors, StudyBuddhism
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dalai Lama; Thubten Chodron (2018b), Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, Volume 3, Wisdom Publications- Mipham Rinpoche (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. I, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
- Thupten Jinpa, ed. (2020), Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 2: The Mind, translated by Rochard, Dechen; Dunne, John, Wisdom Publications
- Yeshe Gyeltsen (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding", translated by Guenther, Herbert V.; Kawamura, Leslie S., Dharma Publishing
External links
lta_ba_mchog_tu_'dzin_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Wrong view, Rigpa Shedra Wiki