If Vipashyana were only analytical meditation, it would not be authentic. If we only analyzed and never placed the mind and allowed it to rest in what we have understood, Vipashyana would not lead us to abandon the afflictions, and we could not develop a definite and certain understanding. So there is placement meditation within Vipashyana.

Thrangu Rinpoche

from the book Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind

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