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)