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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 251 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,488,448 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 147 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,719,672 ratings — published 2003
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,577,568 ratings — published 2003
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,357,559 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 85 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,720,594 ratings — published 1999
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.01 — 787,923 ratings — published 2003
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 75 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,847,477 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 73 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,102,353 ratings — published 2000
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,735,357 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,153,939 ratings — published 1997
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,446,002 ratings — published 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,386,515 ratings — published 2002
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,342,044 ratings — published 2001
The Last Juror (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.96 — 107,507 ratings — published 2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.93 — 772,469 ratings — published 1999
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,374 ratings — published 2004
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.81 — 273,921 ratings — published 1998
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,267,388 ratings — published 2004
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.11 — 287,285 ratings — published 2004
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,156 ratings — published 2003
Digital Fortress (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.70 — 659,803 ratings — published 1998
Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, #10)
by (shelved 43 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.16 — 107,814 ratings — published
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,077,442 ratings — published 1954
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,427,286 ratings — published 2003
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,375,928 ratings — published 1937
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.04 — 659,045 ratings — published 2002
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,014,522 ratings — published 1955
The Lady and the Unicorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.71 — 47,099 ratings — published 2003
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,095,450 ratings — published 1954
Can You Keep a Secret? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.82 — 470,468 ratings — published 2003
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.66 — 139,105 ratings — published 2003
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,680,421 ratings — published 1813
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.02 — 562,285 ratings — published 1999
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,826,368 ratings — published 1951
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.07 — 101,354 ratings — published 2004
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.01 — 264,179 ratings — published 2004
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,818,098 ratings — published 1996
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, #6)
by (shelved 32 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.00 — 172,587 ratings — published 2004
The Amateur Marriage (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.68 — 19,472 ratings — published 2004
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,780,097 ratings — published 1925
The Rule of Four (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.29 — 38,354 ratings — published 2004
The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.02 — 281,234 ratings — published 2003
The Jane Austen Book Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.10 — 70,892 ratings — published 2004
Bet Me (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.94 — 94,903 ratings — published 2004
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,167,143 ratings — published 1997
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,015,902 ratings — published 1996
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
by (shelved 28 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.29 — 186,598 ratings — published 2004
Deception Point (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.76 — 693,894 ratings — published 2001
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,739,681 ratings — published 1960
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.14 — 13,427 ratings — published 2003
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati, "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna, with the u of the latter term dropped by vowel elision. The Pāli term upaṭṭhāna literally means "placing near", and in the present context refers to a particular way of "being present" and "attending" to something with mindfulness. In the discourses [of the Buddha], the corresponding verb upaṭṭhahati often denotes various nuances of "being present", or else "attending". Understood in this way, "satipaṭṭhāna" means that sati "stands by", in the sense of being present; sati is "ready at hand", in the sense of attending to the current situation. Satipaṭṭhāna can then be translated as "presence of mindfulness" or as "attending with mindfulness."
The commentaries, however, derive satipaṭṭhāna from the word "foundation" or "cause" (paṭṭhāna). This seems unlikely, since in the discourses contained in the Pāli canon the corresponding verb paṭṭhahati never occurs together with sati. Moreover, the noun paṭṭhāna is not found at all in the early discourses, but comes into use only in the historically later Abhidhamma and the commentaries. In contrast, the discourses frequently relate sati to the verb upaṭṭhahati, indicating that "presence" (upaṭṭhāna) is the etymologically correct derivation. In fact, the equivalent Sanskrit term is smṛtyupasthāna, which shows that upasthāna, or its Pāli equivalent upaṭṭhāna, is the correct choice for the compound.”
― Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization
The commentaries, however, derive satipaṭṭhāna from the word "foundation" or "cause" (paṭṭhāna). This seems unlikely, since in the discourses contained in the Pāli canon the corresponding verb paṭṭhahati never occurs together with sati. Moreover, the noun paṭṭhāna is not found at all in the early discourses, but comes into use only in the historically later Abhidhamma and the commentaries. In contrast, the discourses frequently relate sati to the verb upaṭṭhahati, indicating that "presence" (upaṭṭhāna) is the etymologically correct derivation. In fact, the equivalent Sanskrit term is smṛtyupasthāna, which shows that upasthāna, or its Pāli equivalent upaṭṭhāna, is the correct choice for the compound.”
― Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization
“Everything you think about is a meditation, and you could say that the very form of your consciousness follows what you put your attention to. So Chi is really just focused attention, and it is attention, or awareness, that brings about results of whatever kind, rather than some nebulous energy or vril force. But energy is a good metaphor.”
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