dear Nina,

thanks for clearing this up - it was what I thought it should be.
I can try to locate further text in the Visuddhimagga myself, I will
ask you if case I am not successful!
Thanks again
Claus

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> Op 12-feb-2007, om 18:04 heeft claus10mander het volgende

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> to read from the commentary but what you write about the two kinds

of

> Vipassana mentioned here is still not clear to me:
> You translate – and I agree:
> << In this discourse insight as power has been spoken of. Some say
> that it is tender insight.>>
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> N: Some say: keci: this usually refer to other teachers. Some
> teachers think it is tender insight: this is not another kind of
> vipassana, but here is reference to a beginning stage, whereas

balava

> refers to pincipal insight, insight that has been developed more.
> Sometimes there are different opinions and the commentaries
> faithfully mention these. These are not really disagreements.
> About the stages of insight: Patisambhidamagga and Visuddhimagga.

If

> you like I can look up the relevant passages.
> Nina.
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