Sakkāya-diṭṭhi

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Sakkāya-diṭṭhi. ‘Personality Belief’: in Buddhism a basic misconception concerning the nature of personal identity in relation to the five aggregates (skandhas). Sakkāya-diṭṭhi is the first of the ‘Ten Fetters’ (saṃyojana). For the error, see also PUDGALAVĀDINS.