[Tobias G]

In the table Cetasika adosa is mentioned as loving kindness. That means adosa is metta. Is that right? That also implies: with metta bhavana one will reduce dosa or better “love overcomes hate”.

[Lal]

That was not correct.

I have revised that as: “alobha (absence of greed); adosa (absence of hate/anger, of which mettā or “loving-kindness” is a part); tatramajjhattatā (neutrality of mind, of which upekkhā is a part);.”

I made a few more corrections to that old post.

Thank you, Tobias!

[Tobias G]

Thank you, Lal!

How can we understand ditthi cetasika? I thought ditthi is a concept word (not ultimate reality), that means “how someone sees the world”. But as asobhana cetasika it colors the citta in a certain way and it is part of the ultimate reality. Can I interpret: “with that ditthi-color one cannot correctly see the world”?

[Lal]

It is really miccha ditthi because it is an asobhana cetasika.

Yes. It is there because one is unaware of the real nature (anicca, dukkha, anatta).
– That is why Samma Ditthi is the first step in the Noble Eightfold Path.

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