Vipassana Knowledge
This description of vipassana practice is a way of developing vipassana knowledge through direct experience. The vipassana jhanas as taught by U Pandita contrast with the samatha jhanas as described by Buddhaghosa in the Visuddhimagga. According to Buddhagosa's method, jhana practice is separate from vipassana. One's mind becomes absorbed in fixed concentration on the object and the meditator must come out of jhana to practice vipassana. However, jhana as taught by U Pandita allows for insight practice while in jhana. The meditators mind does not merge with the object but rather becomes ever more still while the flow of experience is still observable and is analysed in terms of the three characteristics.
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