Question about Tīkā (subcommentaries)

[RobertK]

@char101

The thing that I would argue is that seeing mental formations without the power of upacara samadhi/jhana vs with the power of upacara samadhi/jhana is like seeing with a magnifying glass vs microscope. The observation power given by concentration is much larger which is required for panna to develop.

So this is really another topic. I wrote about the path of the dry insight worker here:

The path of the dry-insight worker — sukkhavipassaka

his thread will document some of the basis and evidence for the path of the sukkhavipassaka, as detailed in the Pali Canon and Commentaries. I would like to acknowledge the work of Tzungkuen Wen, whose phd thesis collected many useful references. http://tkwen.sutta.org/A%20Study%20of%20Sukkihavipassaka%20in%20Pali%20Buddhism_final.pdf

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