Samatha & Vipassana Meditation - The Right Balance
April 12, 2014 TBA IMG Under the Beautify Tx Spring Weather at ABC As yogis, we sometimes have questions like; where should I start? what is Samatha (Tranquillity), Samadhi (Concentration) and Vipassana (Insight)? Which on should I start first? What do the Sutta actually say about the 2 topics. Is Samatha same as Samadhi or Jhana? Sama-samadhi is the 4 Jhana, therefore Samadhi is same as Jhana? Is this correct? What do the Sutta tell us is the Function of Samatha and Vipassana. Under the guidance of Ven. Katapunno, we listened to the 2007 audio lecture by Ven. Aggacitta's Dharma talk on this important subject of the basic understanding of the Buddha's meditation method. What is Samatha and What is Vipassana (your understanding)? Anguttara Nikaya (AN) 4.94 (The Further-factored Discourses Samadhi Sutta: concentration (Tranquility and Insight) ). {AN 4.94: Samadhi Sutta — concentration (Tranquillity and Insight)( http://www....