Nibbana includes four stages, and it begins with the stream entry stage. The right view is gained at the stream entry stage and leads to progressing along the path leading to Nibbana. The noble eightfold path begins here. True knowledge begins with abandoning non-self-views, clinging to rites and rituals, and abandoning doubts along with coming to possess the four factors of stream-entry. By understanding that there is no permeant self, one can train the mind in the middle way to minimise stress. When supported by other factors, such as abandoning the relevant fetters by understanding that they are based on the teachings and by developing the factors of stream entry and supportive factors such as merits and precepts, one can practice the teachings in a way that will lead to Nibbana. Given that Nibbana is shaped by Karma, one can practice genuine to one’s heart and, in doing so, develop merits that support Nibbana and many good things in life and after life. Until one gains the right view in which Nibbana begins, one will face endless births, deaths, and samsara. Nibbana happens in its own time and is shaped by one’s meritorious deeds and karmic influences.

Merits can be developed by reflecting and paying homage to the triple gem in one’s thoughts, developing generosity and maintaining ethics and loving kindness in one’s heart. Maintaining ethics means something beyond precepts and rules in line with noble ways; ethics means avoid clinging to social divisions but becoming a good person who genuinely cares for others without any discrimination. Based on ordinary ways of seeing things, typically, along with self-view, other views or identities (e.g., schools, divisions, or traditions) may come to exist in one’s mind. Yet, the practice leading to Nibbana is the opposite to what is commonly practiced within societies, which is that not identifying schools and divisions is the right practice leading to Nibbana. This means simply to use whatever sources are available without clinging to them or identifying them to develop factors of steam entry. For a stream-enterer who has no-self view, there exist no other identities, and clinging to social identities, schools, and divisions cease to exist in such a mind state. While societies encourage self-views, social divisions, rites, and rituals, the teaching of Buddha leading to Nibbana opposes standard social practices. In terms of practice, this means that, for practitioners who are seeking Nibbana, there is a need to think and apply such reflections in practice to daily life to see beyond ordinary social practices. For example, society seems to suggest that people must go to the forest to attain Nibbana. Yet, if we were to think about it, one who lives in the forest and gets attached to the forest is unlikely to attain Nibbana, but those who live with dhamma (meaning non-attached to self and things in any environment) will attain Nibbana. Right practice means practicing the teachings genuine to one’s heart without clinging to identities in practice.

From another perspective, the right view can be explained in two different ways by comparing the right view of an ordinary mind state to that of a stream-enterer. A person who has an ordinary state of a mind can be said to have the right view, if the person has a reasonable understanding and acceptance of Karma and Buddha’s teachings, which indicate that there is no permanent self, and, in doing so, living a righteous life. When comparing an ordinary mind state to a stream entry mind state understanding the teachings and the confidence in Buddha and his teachings are stronger at the stream entry stage. This confidence grows progressively to become greater when reaching the arahantship. Similarly,other faculties (Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom) tend to grow more and more at each stage of Nibbana, as one progresses in the training path leading to the four stages of Nibbana.