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**SkeniaInhilla** · 01-03-2012, 03:01 PM

Hi element, are you saying that vipassana happens in the neighborhood of jhana since within a jhana the mind is too absorbed in ekaggata that little or no movement is possible? I think jhanic samadhi (neighborhood concentration) is essential for vipassana to happen to a required level.

hi deshy

genuine vipassana can certainly occur on the level of neighborhood concentration, prior to jhana

as for genuine vipassana after jhana, the suttas report this

kind regards

01-03-2012, 03:01 PM	#7
SkeniaInhilla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 397 Senior Member	Hi element, are you saying that vipassana happens in the neighborhood of jhana since within a jhana the mind is too absorbed in ekaggata that little or no movement is possible? I think jhanic samadhi (neighborhood concentration) is essential for vipassana to happen to a required level. hi deshy genuine vipassana can certainly occur on the level of neighborhood concentration, prior to jhana as for genuine vipassana after jhana, the suttas report this kind regards
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