Hmmm.. Derek, u brought up something that made me sit up.
it never occurred to me to question what vipassana (vipassanaa) is. but now
i do. i always thought that it is synonymous with satipathana. now, i guess
it isn't. am looking forward to reading what others have to say abt
'vipassana'(vipassanaa?)
i've to do some reading up first.
metta to all

>From: "Derek Cameron" <derekacameron@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Pali] What is vipassanaa?
>Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:25:13 -0000
>
>Nowadays there are many books, teachers and centers teaching
>vipassanaa. Of course, they use the word to designate a certain way
>of practicing. But how is the word vipassanaa used in the original
>sutta-s?
>
>It's actually a relatively rare word in the sutta-s. The most often-
>mentioned meditation practices there are sammaa-sati and sammaa-
>samaadhi.
>
>And when the word vipassanaa does appear, it's generally in the pair
>samatho ca vipassanaa ca (e.g. DN 33).
>
>The DN commentary glosses these as samatho = samaadhi, and vipassanaa
>= pa��a.
>
>But in SN 43.12, samatha, vipassanaa, samaadhi and sati are all
>treated separately -- as though they were distinct.
>
>In SN 35.245 samatha and vipassanaa are compared to a "swift pair
>of messengers."
>
>So, in the sutta-s themselves, what exactly does vipassanaa mean? And
>why the samatha-vipassanaa pairing as well as samaadhi-sati?
>
>Derek.
>
>

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