# (2023-03-30) What is the difference between Samatha, Vipassana and Anupassana? Tags:: [[Samatha, Vipassana, and Anupassana]] **Vilas**: - what is the difference between Samatha, Vipassana and Anupassana? - **[[Samatha]]** - Tranquility means making the mind ready for removal of asavas or fermentations - **[[Vipassana|Vipassanā]]** - Investigating what is happening with relation to dhamma (object) and dhamma as in teaching - **[[Anupassana|Anupassanā]]** involves deep dive into: ![[{Vilas Blog} Practical Anapanassatikatha#^anupassana]] - To meditate effectively, one need to pickup an appropriate object out of 40 things which are fit for meditation in Buddha Dhamma - Kammaṭṭhāna - this means place of work and one need to find a fit environment to tranquilize, investiage and deep dive with any of these 40 types - Examples: 1. Loathsomeness of body 2. Recollections (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, Caga, Devata, Sila, body, death, breath, nibbana 3. Brahma vihara 4. Four Dhatu 5. Six Ayatana 6. Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta 7. Food or Aahara - Other than that as indicated in Dasuttara Sutta, Kasina can be also used - or all the items indicated in [[DN34 Dasuttarasutta]] (DN33 and DN34) by Sariputta can be used for Samatha, Vipassana and Anupassana - or even Sammaditti sutta ([[MN9]]) can be used for all the 3 of them (Samatha, Vipassna and Anupassna)