Passa (Observation, Contact) and Vipassa (Penetrative Observation, Penetrative Contact).
In the practice of Bhavana (Development of the Mind), when one practices for Samadi, he Observers (Passa, Contact) the thinking or thoughts and would find that the thinking or thoughts are stimulating Anger, Desire, Lust, Ego and Ignorance.
By Subduing the Thinking or thoughts, he comes to the Samadi, thus putting away the stimulant, i.e Thinking or thoughts, which give rise to Anger, Desire, Lust and Ignorance.
Then he transforms the Samadi into the state of 'Only Observation in the Observation', and get established in it, which is known as the Four Foundation of Mindfulness, in non-sitting positions of wakeful states of walking, working, eating, etc.
When he is in this state of 'Only Observation in the Observation', it is the dormant or root Anger, Desire, Lust and Ignorance, which tries to stimulate the thinking or thoughts to arise. Hence, when he observes these root Anger, Desire, Lust and Ignorance, they cannot stimulate the thinking. But here, since he observes the 'root', non-manifested Anger, Desire, Lust and Ignorance, it is Vipassa, i.e. Penetrative Observation or Penetrative Contact.
Someone in the Facebook commented as, " Yes, good description. I find the word "subduing" is unclear here though, and implies doing. Subduing in this case is: simply watching. not being identified with and thus not being under the control of. Perhaps there is a better translation?"
ReplyDeleteMy reply was, "By "subduing" I meant initially 'Controlling' and then 'Taking Control' of the thinking and then putting them away to be free from the thinking.
Yes, "subduing" is doing."