The Sanskrit term Antadṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Antadrsti or Antadrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Antadṛṣṭi (अन्तदृष्टि) refers to “extreme views”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 48).— The eternalist point of view (śāśvatadṛṣṭi) and the nihilist point of view (ucchedadṛṣṭi) are extreme views (antadṛṣṭi) opposed to the Middle Way followed by the Buddha. Among the fourteen difficult questions (cf. p. 154F seq.) which he did not answer (avyākṛtavastu), the Buddha put the question of knowing whether the world and the self are eternal or non-eternal, and he explained his silence by the uselessness of any reply from the viewpoint of salvation.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Antadṛṣṭi (अन्तदृष्टि) refers to an “extreme view”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Just as there is nothing that produces external things when they are originated, and just as there is nothing that ceases external things when they cease, so, there is nothing that produces internal things when they are originated, and there is nothing that ceases internal things when they cease; but rather, when conditions (pratyaya) exist they will arise, and when conditions are completely exhausted they will be destroyed. If you understand this knowledge in that way, you will overcome any extreme view (sarva-antadṛṣṭi). [...]”.

What then are extreme views (antadṛṣṭi)? ‘Extreme (anta)’ means discontinuity (uccheda) and continuity (nitya), and that which is not originated and ceased is beyond discontinuity and continuity and thus pure, and therefore it is purified when concerned with any extreme view. In that way, son of good family, the Bodhisattva becomes skilled in knowing the entrance into the dependent origination and free from any extreme view.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Drishti, Anta.

Ends with: Anantadrishti, Anekamtadrishti, Kramtadrishti, Sarvantadrishti.

Full-text: Anantadrishti, Anta.

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