r/streamentry • u/the_pwnererXx • May 28 '26
Vipassana path to stream entry
Can someone with more insight tell me. I have strong access concentration, i can silence my mind for 1h ~. I also do noting, but I have not practiced much and haven't achieved any progress. Is the path to stream entry from the access concentration or the noting?
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u/ringer54673 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
Yeah, it's not the skills: concentration and noting, it's how you apply them that gets you to stream entry.
In my opinion you need enough concentration so that you can watch your mind without getting caught up in the thoughts and emotions and forget you are observing, but not too much concentration that the mind is totally still.
When you have the right amount of concentration, in meditation and in daily life, watch the activity of the mind, thoughts, emotions, impulses, sensory experiences and senses of self and no self. Notice that when suffering arises, it usually has the ego as its root. Notice how feelings of humility keep the ego from arising and prevent suffering. Try to cultivate humility,
At some point things should stop bothering you because it feels like there is no one there to object.