Insight Progression Means the Transformation of Understanding

Why hasn’t Nibbāna appeared yet? Because the friction is still too slow. Just as fire emerges when two bamboo sticks are rubbed together repeatedly, you should understand that practicing with anicca (impermanence) and magga (the path) is like rubbing to ignite the fire that is Nibbāna. If you repeatedly strike impermanence with the path, the fire-like Nibbāna will surely appear. However, for those of inferior roots (ahetuka, dvihetuka), how can Nibbāna arise? But for those who understand insight wisdom (vipassanā ñāṇa), they are tihetuka individuals (of superior roots). Even if one is tihetuka, if they do not rub, the fire will not emerge. If you resolve to rub with viriya (energy) as the dominant factor or chanda (wish) as dominant, the fire will arise. However, if desire becomes dominant—thinking, "I must make the fire of Nibbāna emerge at all costs!"—then it becomes chandiddhipāda (accomplishment through desire). If energy becomes dominant and turns into iddhipāda (ps...