Another “glimpse” from Sogyal Rinpoche’s book:
Wrong views and wrong convictions can be the most devastating of all our delusions. Surely Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot must have been convinced that they were right, too? And yet each and every one of us has that same dangerous tendency as they had: to form convictions, believe them without question, and act on them, so bringing down suffering not only on ourselves but on all those around us.
On the other hand, the heart of Buddha’s teaching is to see “the actual state of things, as they are,” and this is called the true View. It is a view that is all embracing, as the role of spiritual teachings is precisely to give us a complete perspective on the nature of mind and reality.
* See previous “glimpse” here.
