V&V in Sphuṭārthā Abhidharmakośavyākhyā

[Gillian]

@karl_lew

Thank you for the link. And thank you for editing the posts. I was quite confused while posting and had rambled all of us into very strange waters. I realized this myself last evening after reading MN44, which is the other sutta I am studying. MN44 has a different presentation of V&V that aligns with a separate experience of mine and completely renders all my prior posts irrelevant and confusing to both myself and others. Briefly, I had confused V&V with immersion. They are quite different. Since that insight is recent, I won’t say more. Rather, I will study and practice harder before saying anything further about V&V or immersion.

And apologies to all for my rambles!

@Rosie

I am a very bad meditator

Thanks for your honesty. I needed to hear that.

No need for anyone to apologise. It is confusing finding one’s way around here at first.

When I read some of the ‘high end’ discussion on this site I started wondering if I was a bad meditator. Then I remembered the word path. The best way to stay on a difficult path is to put one’s foot right in front of where one is standing atm. That is the only skilful thing to do; staring at the acrobatic antics of people further up the mountain might even be a little dangerous.

I didn’t split the thread: it doesn’t seem necessary, and I couldn’t push the right button anyway. One of us might start a new thread in the Discussion category, if we’re interested in discussing experiential ramifications further. … I’m off to read MN44 and see what it says about immersion.