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(2) was taught by Púrana-Kassapa, another contemporary of the Buddha who denied everykarmical effect of good and bad actions: "To him who kills, steals, robs, etc., nothing bad willhappen. For generosity, self-restraint and truthfulness, etc. no reward is to be expected."(3) was taught by Ajita-Kesakambali, a third contemporary of the Buddha who asserted that anybelief in good action and its reward is a mere delusion, that after death no further life wouldfollow, that man at death would become dissolved into the elements, etc.For further details about these 3 views, s. D. 2, M. 60; commentarial exposition in WHEEL98/99, P. 23.Frequently mentioned are also the 10 antinomies (antagáhiká micchá-ditthi): 'Finite is the world' or 'infiniteis the world' ... 'body and soul are identical' or 'body and soul are different' (e.g. M. 63).In the Brahmájala Sutta .(D.1), 62 false views are classified and described, comprising all conceivable wrongviews and speculations about man and world.See The All-Embracing Net of Views (Brahmájala Sutta), tr. with Com. by Bhikkhu Bodhi(BPS).Further s. D. 15, 23, 24, 28; M. 11, 12, 25, 60, 63, 72, 76, 101, 102, 110; A. II, 16;X, 93; S. XXI, XXIV; Pts.M. Ditthikathá,. etc.Wrong views (ditthi) are one of the proclivities (s. anusaya), cankers (s. ásava), clingings (s. upádána), oneof the three modes of perversions (s. vipallása). Unwholesome consciousness (akusala citta), rooted in greed,may be either with or without wrong views (ditthigata-sampayutta or vippayutta); s. Dhs.; Tab I.On right view (sammá-ditthi), s. magga and M. 9 (Trans. with Com. in 'R. Und.').ditthi-nissita-síla: 'morality based on wrong views'; s. nissaya.ditthi-ppatta: the 'vision attainer', is one of the 7 Noble Persons (ariya-puggala, q.v.).ditthi-vipallása: 'perversion of views'; s. vipallása.ditthi-visuddhi: 'purification of view' is the 3rd of the 7 stages of purification (visuddhi III, q.v.).ditth'upádána: 'clinging to views', is one of the 4 kinds of clinging (upádána, q.v.).divine abode: s. vihára.divine ear and eye: s. abhiññá.divine messengers, the 3: deva-dúta (q.v.).doctrine of the Buddha: s. dhamma, sásana.dogmatic articles, the 3: tittháyatana (q.v.).domanassa: lit. 'sad-mindedness', grief, i.e. mentally painful feeling (cetasika-vedaná), is one of the 5feelings (vedaná, q.v.) and one of the 22 faculties (indriya, q.v.). According to the Abhidhamma, grief isalways associated with antipathy and grudge, and therefore karmically unwholesome (akusala, q.v.) Cf. Tab.I. 30, 31.domanassupavicára: 'indulging in grief'; s. manopavicára.doors of deliverance, the 3: vimokkha-dvára; s. vimokkha I; visuddhi VI, 8.

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