<p>The <a href="https://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/Nyanatiloka_Buddhist_Dictionary.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary</a> defines it as "purification of insight", though <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this book on meditation</a> gets a lot more in depth on what that actually means in practice (look at chapter 3). I'm finding it difficult to summarize as it's a bit dense for a beginner like me, but you might be able to glean more meaning from it.</p>

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2019-02-05T21:29:37.487Z
2019-02-05T21:29:37.487Z
Jess
<p>Purificatiin of view:</p>

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  <p>'The divine eye is purified since it is a cause for Purification of View (diṭṭhi-visuddhi), owing to seeing passing away and reappearance of beings. One who sees only passing away and not reappearance assumes the annihilation view (uccheda-diṭṭhi); and one who sees only reappearance and not passing away assumes the view that new beings appear (nava-satta-pātubhava-diṭṭhi). But since one who sees both outstrips that twofold [false] view, that vision of his is therefore a cause for Purification of View. And the Buddha's sons see both of these.' (PsA 259; Vism 423)</p>
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<p><a href="http://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/lib/authors/nanadassana/wisdom_en.html#fn-113" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wisdom and the Seventy-Three Kinds of Mundane and Supramundane Knowledge</a>, given by Ven. Bhikkhu Ñāṇadassana</p>

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2019-02-06T14:33:22.970Z
2019-02-06T14:33:22.970Z
Samana Johann
<p>The third visuddhi of the Satta Visuddhi is "ditthi visuddhi". But what is the exact meaning of it ?</p>

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2019-02-06T09:29:40.537Z
I wonder what this purification of insight practically means: is it the further realisation of the 8th folded Path, i.c. samma ditthi ?
Guy Eugène Dubois
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2019-02-07T09:29:25.013Z
Yes, it means having reached the path (magga), not really further. Not purified, people are still not practicing on the path, Nyom. Only if there is samma ditthi, other sammas will be not actually miccha in the "training".
Samana Johann
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What is the meaning of ditthi visuddhi?
# What is the meaning of ditthi visuddhi?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-05)

The third visuddhi of the Satta Visuddhi is "ditthi visuddhi". But what is the exact meaning of it ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I wonder what this purification of insight practically means: is it the further realisation of the 8th folded Path, i.c. samma ditthi ?  
> **username_1**: Yes, it means having reached the path (magga), not really further. Not purified, people are still not practicing on the path, Nyom. Only if there is samma ditthi, other sammas will be not actually miccha in the "training".  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-06. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Purificatiin of view:

> 'The divine eye is purified since it is a cause for Purification of View (diṭṭhi-visuddhi), owing to seeing passing away and reappearance of beings. One who sees only passing away and not reappearance assumes the annihilation view (uccheda-diṭṭhi); and one who sees only reappearance and not passing away assumes the view that new beings appear (nava-satta-pātubhava-diṭṭhi). But since one who sees both outstrips that twofold [false] view, that vision of his is therefore a cause for Purification of View. And the Buddha's sons see both of these.' (PsA 259; Vism 423)

[Wisdom and the Seventy-Three Kinds of Mundane and Supramundane Knowledge](http://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/lib/authors/nanadassana/wisdom_en.html#fn-113), given by Ven. Bhikkhu Ñāṇadassana


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-05. Score: 1

The [Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary](https://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/Nyanatiloka_Buddhist_Dictionary.pdf) defines it as "purification of insight", though [this book on meditation](http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bm7insight.pdf) gets a lot more in depth on what that actually means in practice (look at chapter 3). I'm finding it difficult to summarize as it's a bit dense for a beginner like me, but you might be able to glean more meaning from it.


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