# Are Sotapannas immune to wrong views?

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**Category:** General Theravada topics\
**Tags:** abhidhamma, atthakatha\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/are-sotapannas-immune-to-wrong-views/450 "2022-09-21T19:13:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/are-sotapannas-immune-to-wrong-views/450/7 "2022-09-22T01:12:53Z")

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> [@Sekha](#):
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> Is the argument here that being wrong about something doesn’t mean one has a wrong view about that thing?

Not necessitates.  
For example we sometimes enjoy sweets knowing it is wrong. Our view is correct but deed is wrong.

Some lay sotapannas sometimes have kama due to the power of kamaraga but they know it is wrong.

> [@Clinging To Classical Theravada](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/clinging-to-classical-theravada/446/1):
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> Not clinging to views is praised all over the suttas.

True but protecting correct view is also praised.  
So we have to combine both.

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