Pali Buddhism Sparknotes

Introduction: In Peter Masefield’s book called “Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism,” he divides it into only three Chapters. Chapter one is named “The Spiritual Division of the Buddhist world. Chapter Two is named “The Path.” Chapter three the final chapter is named “The Goal.” Masefield uses these chapters to stage his argument. The research topic I will be discussing is Masefield argument: How does right view relate to elements of the Noble Eightfold Path? Is it something that one works towards through following other aspects of the Path, or something that one is granted by hearing the words of the Buddha? I’m going to be arguing Masefield’s point of view on the topics of right view and The Eightfold Path. I’m going give a definition of those concepts. Right View is about being wise. It’s about having wise feelings, thoughts, and beliefs.It’s understanding of things as they are. Right view reduces suffering and helps prevent escalating suffering. The Buddha emphasized that Right View is a very important part of the Buddhist path. Right View is also apart of the Eightfold Path. It’s also considered the first step of the Eightfold path as well. Eightfold Path is the understanding of the nature of suffering, the cause of suffering, and how to

In Sirimane book she talks about four supramundane rewards of the Noble Eightfold Path and stream entry which all connects to having right view. This books also gives information on what it means to be a stream enterer and how one can notice a stream enterer. Throughout the book, Sirimane conveys descriptive text about stream entry in the Pali canon. Masefield does the same thing in his study as well. Sirimane believes and argues that stream entry requires the tearing down of the first three fetters. The first three are