The Sanskrit term Pudgaladṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Pudgaladrsti or Pudgaladrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Pudgaladṛṣṭi (पुद्गलदृष्टि) refers to the “view of the self” (as high as Sumeru), according to the Wou chang yi king (T 669, k. 1, p. 471b8–10); Cf. the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34.—Accordingly, as the Buddha says to Ānanda: “He who produces the view of emptiness, I declare him to be incurable. If a person is attached to a view of the self (pudgaladṛṣṭi) as high as Sumeru, I am not surprised by that and I do not condemn him. But if a fool is attached to a view of emptiness as minute as the sixtieth part of a single hair, that I cannot allow”.

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

Pudgaladṛṣṭi (पुद्गलदृष्टि) refers to “(one who holds) the view of a person”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva bring all living beings to maturity given the fact that they are originally pure. The realm of living beings, son of good family, is originally pure, and thus their roots have no basis. The Bodhisattva, son of good family, having understood that the roots of all dharmas are completely cut off, brings living beings to maturity, and then he does not hold the view of a self, the view of a living being, the view of a life principle, or the view of a person (pudgaladṛṣṭi). [...]”.

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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, Pudgala.

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