Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

1. Satkayadrsti—the view of "my" of the body and not
knowing that it is really a mixture of the five aggregates
(the skandhas—form, feeling, perception, habitual
tendencies, and consciousness). This is viewing what is
merely a changing continuity as being "really my body,"
and upon this, building the further idea of "myself."
Things which surround "my body" are then thought of
as "mine," whereas in fact there is no owner of them.
From the union of the ideas of "I" and "mine" comes the
false view of "myself."
2. Antagraha—extreme or one-sided views. Since most
people at first take hold of the ideas of "I" and "mine,"
so when they come to think about death, their
speculations veer to one of two extremes. Either they
suppose that after dying, they cease to exist (the view of
annihilation such as the communists and ordinary
materialists), or they believe that though the body has
died, something subtle remains, some spirit, some soul
belonging to "me" somehow goes on (this is taught in
all religions except Buddhism). In this way, such people
wander from one side to another, lost among a maze of
one-sided views.
3. Mithya—false view. This means not recognizing the
law of cause and effect (in Buddhism this is better
called "dependent origination" or "conditioned
co-production"), which is the Buddha's teaching on the
operations of karma. If one thinks that actions produce
no results, then one may do evil without any fear and
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