Dear Robert and Pali friends,

We have already discussed this topic at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/3512

> The ancient
> commentaries suggest that at this late stage in the sasana that
> sukkavipassaka is the most viable.

Would you please give a reference for these commentaries?

In your pervios post on this subject you rather gave reference to the
statements by Ven. Bodhi:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/3577

The reference for the commentary I mentioned is following:

In the commentary to Aane~njasappaaya sutta (MN 106)
it is said:
Uparipannasa-Atthakatha 4.67

Samaapatti.m taava pada.t.thaana.m katvaa vipassana.m
va.d.dhetvaa

When he has made the attainment of jhana the proximate cause of
insight and increased vipassana,

arahatta.m ga.nhanto bhikkhu naava.m vaa u.lumpaadiini
vaa nissaaya

and he attains arahatship, the bhikkhu who is as it were depending on
a boat or a raft

mahogha.m taritvaa paara.m gacchanto viya na kilamati.

croses the great flood and reaches the other side, is not tired.

Sukkhavipassako pana paki.n.nakasa'nkhaare sammasitvaa
arahatta.m ga.nhanto

But the person with dry insight who has thoroughly known the
particular conditioned dhammas and attains arahatship,

baahubalena sota.m chinditvaa paara.m gacchanto viya kilamati.

, after he has as it were cut the stream with much force and reaches
the other side, is tired.

Metta, Dmytro