< Issue No. 7 (2011)Article
Right View and the Scheme of the Four Truths in Early Buddhism − The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta and the Simile of the Four Skills of a Physician
Anālayo, Bhikkhu, Center for Buddhist Studies (University of Hamburg), Dharma Drum Buddhist College
Abstract
In the present paper I explore the significance of the realization of the four truths as the fulfilment of right view attained with stream-entry, based on a translation and study of the Saṃyukta-āgama parallel to the Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta. For a better appreciation of the scheme of the four truths, I then turn to another discourse in the same Saṃyukta-āgama that compares the four truths to the medical analysis carried out by a skilful physician.