<p>According to the Suttas, how do I practice Vipassana and how do practice samatha? Are these practices differentiated or not?</p>

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2022-04-23T07:40:57.103Z
Asking six questions per day is maybe too many for this site. In the past it was once suggested that [the list of newest questions](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions) shouldn't be all from the same person.
ChrisW
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2022-04-23T07:43:14.870Z
See for example [this meta-post](https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/171/254).
ChrisW
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2022-04-23T10:28:20.087Z
Who else will ask questions? This site is not exactly highly trafficked. Possibly the moderators here should drop their habitual non-Buddhist secular ideas and have more of a Buddhist bent. Keep in mind in Buddhism the student asking questions is the most essential thing. Its always problematic when aliens who have never lived in a Buddhist culture moderate a Buddhist forum on a website created by computer nerds/geeks.
Dhamma Dhatu
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One of my answers is here: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/17583/8157
Dhamma Dhatu
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2022-04-23T10:55:10.430Z
Two of my answers are here: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/33264/8157 & https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/17583/8157
Dhamma Dhatu
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@DhammaDhatu It isn't to do with "who" is asking, but "what", "why", and "how much". If one person "floods" a site with questions that becomes a problem too (see previous experience with a couple of users I could name). Anyway part of a moderator's function on SE is to relay various site-specific policies which "the community" discussed on the Meta site.
ChrisW
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2022-04-23T11:25:27.233Z
The questions are good and often challenging, such as on MN 39 and MN 17. Credit where credit is due.
Dhamma Dhatu
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How do I cultivate Samatha and Vipassana according to the Suttas?
# How do I cultivate Samatha and Vipassana according to the Suttas?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-23)

According to the Suttas, how do I practice Vipassana and how do practice samatha? Are these practices differentiated or not?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Asking six questions per day is maybe too many for this site. In the past it was once suggested that [the list of newest questions](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions) shouldn't be all from the same person.  
> **username_1**: See for example [this meta-post](https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/171/254).  
> **username_2**: Who else will ask questions? This site is not exactly highly trafficked. Possibly the moderators here should drop their habitual non-Buddhist secular ideas and have more of a Buddhist bent. Keep in mind in Buddhism the student asking questions is the most essential thing. Its always problematic when aliens who have never lived in a Buddhist culture moderate a Buddhist forum on a website created by computer nerds/geeks.  
> **username_2**: One of my answers is here: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/17583/8157  
> **username_2**: Two of my answers are here: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/33264/8157 & https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/17583/8157  
> **username_1**: @DhammaDhatu It isn't to do with "who" is asking, but "what", "why", and "how much". If one person "floods" a site with questions that becomes a problem too (see previous experience with a couple of users I could name). Anyway part of a moderator's function on SE is to relay various site-specific policies which "the community" discussed on the Meta site.  
> **username_2**: The questions are good and often challenging, such as on MN 39 and MN 17. Credit where credit is due.  

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