Śāśvatadṛṣṭi

Śāśvatadṛṣṭi (P. sassatadiṭṭhi; T. rtag lta རྟག་ལྟ་; C. changjian 常見) is translated as "view of eternalism," "view of permanance," "eternalism," etc.

The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism states:

• Eternalism is the mistaken belief or view that a self (ātman) exists independently of the five aggregates (skandha) and that it continues to exist eternally, transmigrating from one rebirth to the next.
• ...“eternalism” [is] one of the two “extreme views” (antagrāhadṛṣṭi), along with “annihilationism” (ucchedadṛṣṭi).

Sanskrit tradition

Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary states (definition for རྟག་ལྟ་):

• The belief that there is a permanent and causeless creator of everything; in particular, that one's identity or consciousness has a concrete essence which is independent, everlasting and singular.

Pali tradition

The Buddhist Dictionary states:

Eternity-belief (sassata-diṭṭhi) is the belief in the existence of a persisting ego-entity, soul or personality, existing independently of those physical and mental processes that constitute life and continuing even after death.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 
• Nyanatiloka Thera (2019), Nyanaponika Thera, ed., Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Pariyatti Publishing 
• rtag_lta, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki

External links

• rtag_lta, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• རྟག་ལྟ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• Sassatavada (Wikipedia)