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**luffyplayaz** · 02-01-2012, 06:00 PM

...‘calm and insight’ (samatha-vipassanā)...

yes, this term is certainly rare but it is there in places

imo, i see both samatha (calm) & vipassana (insight) as fruits of samadhi (singleness of mind) rather than samatha & samadhi as synonyms

kind regards

And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here & now? There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana...etc...

And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the ending of the effluents? There is the case where a monk remains focused on arising & falling away with reference to the five clung-to-aggregates: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its passing away. Such is feeling, such its origination, such its passing away. Such is perception, such its origination, such its passing away. Such are fabrications, such their origination, such their passing away. Such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'

AN 4.41 Tassime dve dhammā yuganandhā vattanti – samatho ca vipassanā ca

[And] for him these two qualities occur in tandem: tranquillity & insight.

MN 149

02-01-2012, 06:00 PM	#15
luffyplayaz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	...‘calm and insight’ (samatha-vipassanā)... yes, this term is certainly rare but it is there in places imo, i see both samatha (calm) & vipassana (insight) as fruits of samadhi (singleness of mind) rather than samatha & samadhi as synonyms kind regards And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here & now? There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana...etc... And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the ending of the effluents? There is the case where a monk remains focused on arising & falling away with reference to the five clung-to-aggregates: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its passing away. Such is feeling, such its origination, such its passing away. Such is perception, such its origination, such its passing away. Such are fabrications, such their origination, such their passing away. Such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.' AN 4.41 Tassime dve dhammā yuganandhā vattanti – samatho ca vipassanā ca [And] for him these two qualities occur in tandem: tranquillity & insight. MN 149
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