It is about aim and direction, the need for liberation from suffering,
- by uprooting ignorance
- by understanding (or awakening)
- by seeing things (as they really are)
Having a right view is very important – it is like a guide (or map) as we practice showing:
- starting point
- destination and
- successive phases passed
To practice without a right view, risks getting ‘lost’ (or no direction). As an analogy, if we want to drive to a place, we must have a road map or advice from experience driver to have a general idea which direction to go.
Right view involves the correct understanding of the entire dharma/teacing of the Buddha