# Question about Tīkā (subcommentaries)

**URL:** <https://classicaltheravada.org/t/question-about-tika-subcommentaries/109>\
**Category:** General Theravada topics\
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/question-about-tika-subcommentaries/109 "2022-04-05T12:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/question-about-tika-subcommentaries/109/38 "2022-04-13T06:52:53Z")

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> [@char101](#):
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> 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](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-path-of-the-dry-insight-worker-sukkhavipassaka/22):
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> This 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](http://tkwen.sutta.org/A%20Study%20of%20Sukkihavipassaka%20in%20Pali%20Buddhism_final.pdf)

you might like to comment on that thread 🙂

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