Assertion: meditation's tradition | /r/CapableOf | see śamatha
Facets:
value: as a necessary prerequisite to vipaśyanā
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The later Indian Mahayana scholastic tradition, as exemplified by Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, saw śamatha as a necessary prerequisite to vipaśyanā and thus one needed to first begin with calm abiding meditation and then proceed to insight.