When this had been said, the wanderers said to Anathapindika the householder, "We have each & every one expounded to you in line with our own positions. Now tell us what views you have."
"Whatever has been brought into being, is fabricated, willed, dependently originated, that is inconstant. Whatever is inconstant is stress. Whatever is stress is not me, is not what I am, is not my self. This is the sort of view I have."
Now notice here that they ask Anathapindika what his view is. His answer is that basically their views have been "brought into being, is fabricated, willed, dependently originated" and its dukkha. This falls in line with the process of the Honey ball sutta
They then try to trap him by saying
"So, householder, whatever has been brought into being, is fabricated, willed, dependently originated, that is inconstant. Whatever is inconstant is stress. You thus adhere to that very stress, submit yourself to that very stress."
To which he answers
"Venerable sirs, whatever has been brought into being, is fabricated, willed, dependently originated, that is inconstant. Whatever is inconstant is stress. Whatever is stress is not me, is not what I am, is not my self. Having seen this well with right discernment as it actually is present, I also discern the higher escape from it as it actually is present."
He sees the escape from all views via non-clinging, which means he doesn't give birth to any view. He directly knows the process by which "I" and views come into being. With Right discernment he understands the four noble truths and so abandons all clinging, this is the higher escape from all views and "I" making and dukkha
An important point is that noble right view arises via non clinging and wisdom.
This then funells into the other parts of the NEFP down into noble concentration which leads to vision, which then leads to greater understanding of the Four Noble Truths (like a feedback loop). This is done via non clinging because craving to get or get rid of leads to dukkha (and so isnt NEFP)
Tainted right view is tainted with grasping and so is tied with dukkha. So "there is rebirth as a deva" ties into dukkha. Noble Right view leads to the cessation of dukkha and the ending of views. The idea that the Buddha taught Right view with taints, which leads to dukkha, is ridiculous since he claimed to teach the way out of dukkha, not the way further into it
"And what is right view? Right view, I tell you, is of two sorts: There is right view with effluents [asava], siding with merit, resulting in the acquisitions [of becoming]; and there is noble right view, without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
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Tainted Right View
There is what is given, what is offered, what is sacrificed. There are fruits & results of good & bad actions. There is this world & the next world. There is mother & father. There are spontaneously reborn beings; there are priests & contemplatives who, faring rightly & practicing rightly, proclaim this world & the next after having directly known & realized it for themselves.' This is the right view that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
which funnels into
"And what is the right resolve that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions? Being resolved on renunciation, on freedom from ill will, on harmlessness. This is the right resolve that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
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"And what is the right speech that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions? Abstaining from lying, from divisive tale-bearing, from abusive speech, & from idle chatter. This is the right speech that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
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"And what is the right action that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions? Abstaining from killing, from taking what is not given, & from illicit sex. This is the right action that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
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"And what is the right livelihood that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions? There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones abandons wrong livelihood and maintains his life with right livelihood. This is the right livelihood that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
So notice that Tainted Right view leads into morality, ideas of merit making for future lives and grasping.
Now for Noble Right View
"And what is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The discernment, the faculty of discernment, the strength of discernment, analysis of qualities as a factor for Awakening, the path factor of right view of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is free from effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right view that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
which leads into
And what is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The thinking, directed thinking, resolve, (mental) fixity, transfixion, focused awareness, & verbal fabrications of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
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"And what is the right speech that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The abstaining, desisting, abstinence, avoidance of the four forms of verbal misconduct of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right speech that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
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And what is the right action that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The abstaining, desisting, abstinence, avoidance of the three forms of bodily misconduct of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right action that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
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"And what is the right livelihood that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The abstaining, desisting, abstinence, avoidance of wrong livelihood of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right livelihood that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
So Noble Right View is the understanding of dukkha and non-clinging, or not adverting or wanting
This then funnels into the other factors and down into right mindfulness and concentration which leads to insight. This is why in the Anapanasati sutta, for example, the Buddha advises to bring "mindfulness to the forefront".
On the night of his enlightenment, the Buddha practiced mindfulness with breathing. He did this via bringing mindfulness to the forefront. This then lead to the establishment of Noble Right view, via non clinging. This was something he had come to understand at a basic level before hand because of the understanding that sensual pleasure and wanting to get (his life at the palace) lead to dukkha. However wanting to get rid off also did (his life as an ascetic), so he needed a middle way. This middle way way was not wanting to get or get rid off. This was Noble Right view, which then progressed into vision. After progression through a few feedback loops of this, all clinging was abandoned and there was nibbana
Tainted Right View is about not doing bad because of being born after physical death in hell. This leads to wholesome intention, speech etc. This then helps develop good mental states, which is beneficial if one is to move into the Buddha Noble Right view
Noble Right View is about dukkha and its cessation. Therefore one does not act unwholesomely for a different reason, a different route,
a different understanding
No the Buddha held no views. He just directly knew how views come into being, how "I" comes into being and the escape from it