Sattipatthana

by Analayo

• ISBN13: 9781899579549
• ISBN10: 1899579540
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Windhorse Pubns

Summary

"Surely destined to become the classic commentary on the Satipatthana" -Christopher Titmuss Now in its second printing!

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES	x
INTRODUCTION	1	(2)
TRANSLATION OF THE SATIPATTHANA SUTTA	3	(12)
Chapter I GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE DIRECT PATH	15	(16)
1 OVERVIEW OF THE SATIPATTHANA SUTTA	15	(4)
2 A SURVEY OF THE FOUR SATIPATTHANAS	19	(2)
3 THE RELEVANCE OF EACH SATIPATTHANA FOR REALIZATION	21	(3)
4 THE CHARACTER OF EACH SATIPATTHANA	24	(3)
5 THE EXPRESSION "DIRECT PATH"	27	(2)
6 THE TERM SATIPATTHANA	29	(2)
Chapter II THE "DEFINITION" PART OF THE SATIPATTHANA SUTTA	31	(13)
1 CONTEMPLATION	32	(2)
2 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING DILIGENT (ATAPI)	34	(5)
3 CLEARLY KNOWING (SAMPAJANA)	39	(2)
4 MINDFULNESS AND CLEAR KNOWLEDGE	41	(3)
Chapter III SATI	44	(23)
1 THE EARLY BUDDHIST APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE	44	(2)
2 SATI	46	(3)
3 THE ROLE AND POSITION OF SATI	49	(4)
4 SATI IMAGERY	53	(4)
5 CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF SATI	57	(4)
6 SATI AND CONCENTRATION (SAMADHI)	61	(6)
Chapter IV THE RELEVANCE OF CONCENTRATION	67	(25)
1 FREEDOM FROM DESIRES AND DISCONTENT	67	(5)
2 CONCENTRATION, RIGHT CONCENTRATION, AND ABSORPTION	72	(7)
3 ABSORPTION AND REALIZATION	79	(6)
4 THE CONTRIBUTION OF ABSORPTION TO THE PROGRESS OF INSIGHT	85	(3)
5 CALM AND INSIGHT	88	(4)
Chapter V THE SATIPATTHANA "REFRAIN"	92	(25)
1 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTEMPLATION	94	(5)
2 ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTEMPLATION	99	(3)
3 IMPERMANENCE	102	(5)
4 DEPENDENT CO-ARISING (PATICCA SAMUPPADA)	107	(3)
5 THE PRINCIPLE OF DEPENDENT CO-ARISING AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION	110	(2)
6 MERE AWARENESS AND CLINGING TO NOTHING	112	(5)
Chapter VI THE BODY	117	(39)
1 THE BODY CONTEMPLATIONS	117	(8)
2 PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF CONTEMPLATION OF THE BODY
3 MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING	125	(8)
4 THE ANAPANASATI SUTTA	133	(3)
5 POSTURES AND ACTIVITIES	136	(10)
6 ANATOMICAL PARTS AND ELEMENTS	146	(6)
7 CORPSE IN DECAY AND MEDITATION ON DEATH	152	(4)
Chapter VII FEELINGS	156	(17)
1 CONTEMPLATION OF FEELINGS	156	(5)
2 FEELINGS AND VIEWS (DITTHI)	161	(3)
3 PLEASANT FEELING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF JOY	164	(4)
4 UNPLEASANT FEELING	168	(3)
5 NEUTRAL FEELING	171	(2)
Chapter VIII MIND	173	(9)
1 CONTEMPLATION OF THE MIND	173	(2)
2 NON-REACTIVE AWARENESS OF ONE'S STATE OF MIND	175	(2)
3 FOUR "ORDINARY" STATES OF MIND	177	(2)
4 FOUR "HIGHER" STATES OF MIND	179	(3)
Chapter IX DHAMMAS: THE HINDRANCES	182	(19)
1 CONTEMPLATION OF DHAMMAS	182	(4)
2 CONTEMPLATION OF THE FIVE HINDRANCES	186	(4)
3 THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE HINDRANCES	190	(2)
4 CONDITIONS FOR PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A HINDRANCE	192	(9)
Chapter X DHAMMAS: THE AGGREGATES	201	(15)
1 THE FIVE AGGREGATES	201	(6)
2 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE TEACHING ON ANATTA	207	(2)
3 EMPIRICAL SELF AND CONTEMPLATION OF THE AGGREGATES	209	(4)
4 ARISING AND PASSING AWAY OF THE AGGREGATES	213	(3)
Chapter XI DHAMMAS: THE SENSE-SPHERES	216	(17)
1 THE SENSE-SPHERES AND THE FETTERS	216	(6)
2 THE PERCEPTUAL PROCESS	222	(4)
3 COGNITIVE TRAINING	226	(3)
4 THE INSTRUCTION TO BAHIYA	229	(4)
Chapter XII DHAMMAS: THE AWAKENING FACTORS	233	(10)
1 CONTEMPLATION OF THE AWAKENING FACTORS	233	(2)
2 THE CONDITIONAL SEQUENCE OF THE AWAKENING FACTORS	235	(4)
3 BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING THE AWAKENING FACTORS	239	(4)
Chapter XIII DHAMMAS: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS	243	(7)
1 THE IMPLICATIONS OF DUKKHA	243	(2)
2 THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS	245	(2)
3 CONTEMPLATION OF THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS	247	(3)
Chapter XIV REALIZATION	250	(16)
1 GRADUAL AND SUDDEN	251	(6)
2 NIBBANA AND ITS ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS	257	(3)
3 THE EARLY BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF NIBBANA	260	(2)
4 NIBBANA: NEITHER ALL-EMBRACING UNITY NOR ANNIHILATION	262	(4)
Chapter XV CONCLUSION	266	(13)
1 KEY ASPECTS OF SATIPATTHANA	266	(5)
2 THE IMPORTANCE OF SATIPATTHANA	271	(8)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	279	(22)
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS	301	(2)
GLOSSARY	303	(6)
INDEX	309