Goken

Goken: The five wrong views (lit: the five views)

1. Shinken: the mistaken belief that the self is permanent and abiding.


2. Henken: the mistaken belief that the self exists eternally after death, or that it is annihiliated


3. Jaken: mistaken rejection of the workings of cause and effect (ie, karma)


4. Kenjuken: mistaken attachment to a false view


5. Kaigonjuken: adherence to a false set of precepts as a means to attain enlightenment

From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism, ed. Helen Baroni (2002)