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1. Right Views<br />

Readers should here distinguish five different right<br />

views in Buddhism:<br />

a. Right view of the non-self of living beings. This is the<br />

Hinayana doctrine of the Four Noble Truths <strong>and</strong> the<br />

twelvefold links of the causal chain. Those with this<br />

view think all dharmas exist as realities, so for such<br />

people complete realization is impossible.<br />

b. Right view of consciousness-only. This is held by the<br />

Idealist school (Vijnanavada) <strong>and</strong> with their view they<br />

can reject both the Hinayanists <strong>and</strong> non-<strong>Buddhist</strong>s. The<br />

reality of mental dharmas <strong>and</strong> the reality of material<br />

form (held by Hinayanists) is rejected by the Idealists,<br />

who claim that the real is mind. However, they cling to<br />

an ultimate consciousness (the eighth or<br />

store-consciousness). Even the final consciousness must<br />

be renounced <strong>and</strong> seen to be sunyata.<br />

c. Right view of the middle way (Madhyamika). This is<br />

sometimes called the "view of the non-born." Those<br />

who have realized it surpass both the Hinayana <strong>and</strong><br />

Vijnanavada adherents. By sunyata introspection, every<br />

dharma of mentality <strong>and</strong> materiality is revealed as<br />

naturally non-born. This right view is quite perfect<br />

regarding sunyata.<br />

d. Right view of the Dharmakaya (or the spontaneously<br />

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