Teaching #70: Right View or Wise Understanding
It is taught that right view is understanding and framing your experience through the Four Noble Truths. Right view is also the understanding that your actions have consequences … Through wise understanding you clarify what really matters to you and formulate a set of values by which to live … Wise understanding is also the continuous, cumulative result of practice.
Chapter 20, Pg 227-228
For your reflection: Ordinarily you use what I call “surface understanding,” which allows you to control conditions in order to fulfill your desires. In contrast, wise or what I call “deep” understanding enables you to find peace of mind in all circumstances. This week notice if you are just trying to control conditions when difficulty arises, or are you also practicing wise understanding?