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**Manteiv** · 06-09-2010, 10:08 PM

There are atleast 3 kinds of enlightenments.
1. Samatha lead vipassana.
2. Vipassana lead samatha.
3. Both vipassana and samatha go together.

Jhana is a tool to develope samatha and vipassana, especially samatha.
The first kind of enlightenment do jhana atleast level 2 and use it for vipassana.
The second kind do vipassana but jhana arise not much.
The third kind like the second but jhana arise a lot more.

If we try jhana and found that we can not attend at least level 2. This mean, we should give a priority to vipassana. Anyway we still keep jhana.

06-09-2010, 10:08 PM	#2
Manteiv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 371 Senior Member	There are atleast 3 kinds of enlightenments. 1. Samatha lead vipassana. 2. Vipassana lead samatha. 3. Both vipassana and samatha go together. Jhana is a tool to develope samatha and vipassana, especially samatha. The first kind of enlightenment do jhana atleast level 2 and use it for vipassana. The second kind do vipassana but jhana arise not much. The third kind like the second but jhana arise a lot more. If we try jhana and found that we can not attend at least level 2. This mean, we should give a priority to vipassana. Anyway we still keep jhana.
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