"Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquillity in tandem with insight (samathavipassanaṃ yuganaddhaṃ). As he develops tranquillity in tandem with insight, the path is born..."
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Tranquility sets the stage for insight. Otherwise, all that may be seen amounts to a mere blur. Yet once tranquility has been cultivated, the calm mind risks sinking into a dull stupor of similar murkiness unless harnessed appropriately.
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Insight has an illuminating quality. With tranquility, one proceeds to cultivate insight through recognizing phenomena as impermanent, imperfect, and impersonal. The breath, for instance, is changing, unreliable, and neither me nor mine in any ultimate capacity.
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