Analayo

Perspectives on Satipatthana

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Produktbeschreibung

As mindfulness is increasingly being embraced in the contemporary world as a practice that brings peace and self-awareness, Bhikkhu Analayo casts fresh light on its earliest sources in the Buddhist tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Windhorse Publications
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781909314030
• ISBN-10: 190931403X
• Artikelnr.: 39411142

Autorenporträt

Bhikkhu Analayo completed a PhD on the Satipatthanasutta at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2000, published in 2003 by Windhorse Publications under the title Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization. He has also written a habilitation research through a comparative study of the Majjhimanikaya in the light of its Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan parallels at the University of Marburg in 2007, published 2011. At present Analayo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele. He teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. His main research area is early Buddhism and in particular the topics "Chinese Agamas," "Meditation," and "Women in Buddhism." Besides his academic pursuits, he spends about half of his time in meditation under retreat conditions and regularly teaches meditation courses in Asia and the West.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Aspects of Satipatthana
Chapter 2 Mindfulness
Chapter 3 Contemplation of the Body
Chapter 4 The Anatomical Parts
Chapter 5 The Elements
Chapter 6 A Corpse in Decay
Chapter 7 Contemplation of Feeling
Chapter 8 Contemplation of the Mind
Chapter 9 Contemplation of Dharmas
Chapter 10 The Hindrances
Chapter 11 The Awakening Factors
Chapter 12 Satipatthana Meditation
Chapter 13 The Satipatthana-sutta
Abbreviations and References
List of Figures:
1 Overview of the Satipatthana-sutta and its Parallels
2 Contemplation of the Body
3 Contemplation of Feelings
4 Contemplation of the Mind
5 Contemplation of Dharmas
6 De-nourishment for the Hindrances
7 Manifestations of the Hindrances
8 The Effect of the Hindrances
9 Predicaments that Illustrate the Hindrances
10 Countering Sluggishness and Agitation
11 Nourishment for the Awakening Factors
12 Manifestations of the Awakening Factors
13 Essential Aspects of the Cultivation of the Awakening Factors
14 Survey of the Cultivation of the Awakening Factors