Related:: [[Samatha]] Parent:: [[Vipassana|Vipassanā]], [[Samatha, Vipassana, and Anupassana]] # Anupassanā (Contemplation) > [!info] What is _Anupassanā_? > _Anupassanā_ = _anu_ (in accrodance to) + _passanā_ (to see) > [!summary] 3 Steps: > 1. [[Samatha]] (Tranquility) > 2. [[Vipassana|Vipassanā]] (Investigation) > 3. [[Anupassana|Anupassanā]] (Contemplation) > - Anupassanā is a deeper form of [[Vipassana|Vipassanā]] ## Examples ### 1. In [[AN9.36 Jhānasutta|Jhānasutta]] ![[AN9.36 Jhānasutta#^vipassana-etam-santam]] ![[Dhamma/Suttas/AN/AN9.36 Jhānasutta.md#^samatha-vipassana-anupassana]] ### In [[Anapanassati|Ānāpānassati]] ![[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta#^4-anupassana]] ### 2. In [[Anapanassatikatha|Ānāpānassatikathā]] ![[{Vilas Blog} Practical Anapanassatikatha#^anupassana]]