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Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide

Anālayo

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Published October 20th 2018 by Windhorse Publications

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Oct 22, 2018 Zoltan Dienes rated it it was amazing

Analayo's approach appeals to me greatly because he is both a scholar and a practitioner. As a scholar, he is precise in what he claims and clear where his claims come from (he hasn't for example mixed together all sorts of things about mindfulness simply because he finds them useful), so one can get an idea of what the Sutta's portrayed as theory and practice, as distinct from what the commentarial or later sectarian traditions did. As a practitioner, he comes full of useful advice that can onl Analayo's approach appeals to me greatly because he is both a scholar and a practitioner. As a scholar, he is precise in what he claims and clear where his claims come from (he hasn't for example mixed together all sorts of things about mindfulness simply because he finds them useful), so one can get an idea of what the Sutta's portrayed as theory and practice, as distinct from what the commentarial or later sectarian traditions did. As a practitioner, he comes full of useful advice that can only come from someone who has spent time applying the ideas. I had read his earlier 2004 book and it inspired me to try Satipatthana meditation. My son Tenzin, then 8, had been meditating as well (mainly the Thich Nhat Hanh material for children (very good), but also MBCT for children (also good)), and I wanted to develop a Satipatthana practice both for him and for me that stuck close to the sutta. But how does one actually practice? It seemed Analayo's 2004 book, as a thorough exposition of the sutta, should have everything in, especially coupled with his 2014 book on Satipatthana - yet I still found I had work to do. I immensely enjoyed doing that work, and document it here:
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/...
So I was intrigued to see Analayo himself still thought there was work left - and presents it as the current book. He says he needed to find a way of fitting it all together: What makes the Satipatthanas cohere? Gotama was a great thinker; so there must be some reason he put things together in the way he did. There must be a simplicity underlying what seems at first sight complex. I found Analayo's book had many insightful takes on how one can see a coherent whole here.
Although the book is written very clearly and straightforwardly, I am not sure I would recommend it as a first book on mindfulness to someone completely unaware of the issues. Analayo's points can be about how issues were portrayed differently in the sutta's versus later developments, and someone with at least some exposure to different Buddhist ideas would understand why certain things are said. Having said that, anyone could read this book and gain an understanding of mindfulness as portrayed in the sutta's (or Chinese equivalent) in a way they could put into practice. And it is a fairly rich practice, with emphases and elements somewhat different from secular mindfulness practices (making both useful studies in their own right). For example, in the sutta's, rather than secular mindfulness, there is more an emphasis on eliminating sensual desire (do I want to?), facing death, and destroying the notion of a self (a me identical from moment to moment); and a more systematic analysis of how the mind works in creating suffering. Although personally I don't want to eliminate sensual desire, I find all these aspects of Satipatthana practice as things that stay with me, as practices I keep even if in the background. So if anyone asks why practice Satipatthana, I say follow this book, try what it says, and see if your curiosity about knowing your mind doesn't keep nudging you to keep it up. I have for two years now. ...more

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Feb 22, 2019 Clay rated it it was amazing

What a wonderful resource. This book (not to be confused with Analayo's other two books on Satipatthana) is mostly focused on practice methods. The meditation is broken up into seven exercises, with the recommendation to spend a week doing each. These are contemplations of:

1. Body parts
2. Four elements
3. Mortality
4. Feelings
5. Mind objects
6. The five hindrances
7. The awakening factors.

This is a very rich and versatile practice, one that requires active investigation of your experience, and Anala ...more

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Oct 07, 2018 Jessica Zu added it

somebody needs to translate this into other languages.

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Ven. Anālayo, born in 1962, was ordained a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in 1995, completing his Ph.D. on satipaṭṭhāna at the University of Peradeniya in 2000. He is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism.