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Lesson 3.2.5 Sammādiṭṭhisuttaṃ – Assuring the Path
The importance of right view (sammādiṭṭhi) as a necessary precursor of wholesome states and as an antecedent for further progress and development is highlighted in this short Sammādiṭṭhisutta from the Aṅguttaranikāyo, the chapter of four. If right view is based on and is accompanied by the three constituents of sammāsaṅkappo then, as the Buddha says, ‘one has entered the assured path’. Additionally, the commentary highlights the two kinds of sammādiṭṭhi: 1) ‘mundane right view’ (sammādiṭṭhi lokiyā) where right view is still accompanied by impurities and 2) ‘supramundane right view’ (sammādiṭṭhi lokuttarā) in which one has fully overcome the hindrances and right view is a natural way of living.