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# Appendix to Stages of Insight

## Three stages of “tender insight” (taruṇa vipassanā):

* Defining of Nāma and Rūpa (nāma-rūpa-pariccheda ñāṇa)
* Discerning the Conditions of Nāma and Rūpa (paccaya-pariggaha ñāṇa)
* Investigation Knowledge or Comprehension by Groups (sammasana ñāṇa)

## Eight Stages of Principal Insight (Mahā-Vipassanā ñāṇa):

* Knowledge of the Arising and Falling Away of Nāma and Rūpa

  (udayabbhayā ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Dissolution (bhanga ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Terror (bhaya ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Danger (ādīnava ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Dispassion (nibbida ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Desire for Deliverance (muccitukamyatā ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Reflection (paṭisankhā ñāṇa)
* Knowledge of Equanimity about Saṅkhāra Dhammas (saṅkhārupekkhā ñāṇa)
* Adaptation Knowledge (anuloma ñāṇa)