"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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"...He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed." Yuganaddha Sutta
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""Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquillity in tandem with insight" Would it be possible to unpack this statement through descriptions of the practices pursued by this monk?
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The most typical route is to cultivate tranquility first, then insight, as a mind devoid of stillness remains restless and agitated, unable to settle enough for anything meaningful to be discerned. Breath, for instance, may be used as a stabilizing anchor.
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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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Fortunately, with both the stabilizing foundation of tranquility and the illuminating function of insight, the murky blur dissolves as all comes into full focus and clarity.
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