Venerable Ajahn Chah

We're wise.

It's actually fun.

It becomes fun to sift through and sort out these things.

What other people call good, bad, evil, here, there, happiness, unhappiness, or whatever.

It all gets taken in for our own profit.

When we begin to wield the peace and serenity we've been developing in meditation to contemplate these things, wisdom arises.

If we're wise, Vipassana will develop naturally.

We don't have to label what's happening.

If there's only a little clarity of insight, we call this little Vipassana.

When clear seeing increases a bit, we call that moderate Vipassana.

If knowing is fully in accordance with the truth, we call that ultimate vipassana.

Personally, I prefer to use the word wisdom, paññā, rather than vipassana.

If we think we are going to sit down from time to time and practice Vipassana meditation, we're going to have a very difficult time of it.

Insight has to proceed from peace and tranquility.

The entire process will happen naturally, of its own accord.

The Buddha taught that this process matures at its own rate.

Having reached this level of practice, we allow it to develop according to our innate capabilities.

spiritual aptitude and the merit we've accumulated in the past.

But we never stop putting effort into the practice.

Whether the progress is swift or slow is out of our control.