Explanation of the six temperaments
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One of the most important topics in Buddhism is the lack of basis for "identity view". This comes out, for example, in MN62:
“Rāhula, you should truly see any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; coarse or fine; inferior or superior; far or near: all form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’”
Having faith that identity view is baseless, one is led to conclude that those who cling to identity view are often:
- Greedy, which can be recognized in the unfairness and suffering of those excluded from shared resources such as drinking water during a drought.
- Hating, which can be recognized in a lack of compassion for others such as saying "steerage passengers will have no lifeboats."
- Deluded, which can be recognized in a never-ending grasping at the vanities of health, youth, and life.
Yet those who have identity view can also be:
- Faithful, which can be recognized in a willingness to experience the fruit of teachings of the Buddha personally
- Intelligent, which can be recognized in a discernment between skillful qualities and unskillful qualities
- Speculative, which can be recognized in a struggle to understand the meaning and worth of the teachings of the Buddha such as "This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self,’"
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