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The right opinion

     
  Right knowledge is the insight into the four noble truths: of suffering, the origin of suffering, the eradication of suffering and of the noble eightfold path that leads to the eradication of suffering. In a broader sense, "right knowledge" includes an insight into the law of the causes of the cycle of rebirth and its overcoming, and into the three characteristics of being: instability, suffering and non-self, and into the karma principle, which distinguishes between wholesome and unwholesome acts of will.

Tradition according to Gautama Buddha

 
     
 
     
  Pay attention to your ideas (thoughts). Think only significant thoughts. Gradually learn to separate the essential from the unessential, the eternal from the transient, the truth from mere opinion. When listening to the speech of fellow human beings, try to become truly silent inwardly and refrain from all consent, especially all derogatory judgments (criticism, rejection), also in thoughts and feelings. This is the so-called "right opinion".

Rudolf Steiner