Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Answer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for How to balance samatha and vipassana practice?

When meditating from person to person and even from session to session the following can happen:

  • insight develops before calmness
  • calmness before insight
  • neither calm nor insight
  • both calm and insight

Calmness and insight should be balanced through personal effect and also you should seek guidance on balancing both. [(Samatha Vipassanā) Samādhi Sutta 1 - 3]

Also it is helpful if the calmness is developed through concentrating on one of the Satipatthana [Saṅkhitta Dhamma Sutta] as the object of meditation is not tainted by a Vipallasa [for more on Vipallasa see: Vipallasa Sutta].



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