Understanding Right View and Right Intention in Buddhism : หน้า 153/263

[Image contains text and a circular symbol at the top] 4. The view that this world lacks reality or doesn’t exist; 5. The view that the afterworld lacks reality or doesn’t exist; 6. The view that serving one’s mother is fruitless; 7. The view that serving one’s father is fruitless; 8. The view that monastics, even those who practise properly, are still unable to attain by their wisdom, in this world or the next, any fruit from their practice or to teach anyone else to do the same. Furthermore, anyone who believes that death is the end of the story (that there is no life after death) or that there is no afterlife is also someone of False View. As for those who know the fruits of generosity, respect, filial piety and monastic practice is a person of Right View. 2. Right Intention When Right Intention is described in the Suttas, it is analysed into three types: 1. The Intention to remove oneself from sensual desire [nekkhamma saṅkappa] 2. The Intention to remove oneself from vengefulness [abyāpāda saṅkappa] 3. The Intention to remove oneself from aggression [avihaṁsā saṅkappa] In the Maha Janaka Jātaka (J.539), when the Buddha was still pursuing Perfections as the bodhisatva, taking rebirth as King Mahā Janaka in the city of Mithila, with a lifespan of 10,000 years. He cultivated the Perfection of generosity and self-discipline for around 1,000 years while still on the throne, until he decided to renounce the throne and become a monk, for the benefit of pursuing the Perfection of renunciation. However, the bodhisatva still had his concerns about the royal wealth of Mithila. He thought to himself: 151