[Buddha-l] Re: Vipassana?

[Benito Carral]

On Sunday, October 16, 2005, d f tweney wrote:

> Can   someone  give  me  (or  point  me  to)  a  good
> description  of  what  makes  "vipassana"  meditation
> unique  --  or  what differentiates it from, say, Zen
> meditation?

   I  would  tend  to  say  that context is everything.
Vipassana  meditation  is  part of a Buddhist view, Zen
meditation  is  part  of  a different Buddhist wiew. Of
course, there are also different Zen meditations.

   Best wishes,

   Beni