A View from the Crossroads

A Dialogue

Authors

  • Paul Fuller University of Sydney
  • David Webster University of Gloucestershire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v25i1.106

Keywords:

Right view, streamentry, path

Abstract

A dialogue, somewhat in the spirit of Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot, exploring early Buddhist attitudes to views, especially as in the Magandiya-sutta of the Sutta-nipata (vv.835-847). Is the aim to have right view, or go beyond views; or is right view about not being attached to any view?

Author Biographies

  • Paul Fuller, University of Sydney
    PhD, University of Bristol, Early Buddhism and Theravada
  • David Webster, University of Gloucestershire
    PhD, University of Sunderland Theravada Buddhism; modern Hinduism, Philosophy of Religion, electronic resources for the study of religion

References

Gombrich, R. 1996. How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings. London: Athlone.

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Published

2008-05-18

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Fuller, P., & Webster, D. (2008). A View from the Crossroads: A Dialogue. Buddhist Studies Review, 25(1), 106-112. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v25i1.106