Seven Suns vs Civilizational Conceit

One way our ego and conceit expresses itself is the infatuation with
this will or should go on forever, it will not change. at least not now, when it is, or should be, the way I want it to be…
i.e. anicca, dukkha, anatta
And so born out of an untrained perception of life, thirst (tanha) grows into [...]

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Understanding Vipassanā

Is the practice of vipassanā the application of viriya (energy), sati (mindfulness), samadhi (concentration) but only when it generates wisdom (paññā), more specifically ñāṇadassana (knowing and seeing)?

Introduction
The Sutta-Pitaka has a couple of texts which are not the word of the Buddha but close reporters. They originated and developed during the first 100 to 300 years [...]

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