Vipashyana is the direct, experiential insight that all experience does indeed appear, yet cannot be captured by words and concepts, and so is fundamentally as ungraspable and groundless as space.”
Mingyur Rinpoche from his book Turning Confusion into Clarity
vipaśyanā (Skt., Tib. lhag mthong ). Lit. “superior vision,” contemplative insight into fundamental aspects of reality, such as impermanence, suffering, nonself, identylessness and emptiness.
Alan Wallace from the book Heart of the Great Perfection “
vipashyana (Skt.) Insight, clear seeing. Vipashyana meditation emphasizes the recognition of all that appears arises from emptiness; it is inseperable from emptiness, and it dissolves into emptiness.
“the goal of vipaśyanā is to realize the emptiness of all phenomena”
Alan Wallace from the book Heart of the Great Perfection meditation instructions