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Satipatthana VipassanaInsight through Mindfulness

byThe Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

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Table of Content

Introduction

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Satipatthana Vipassana

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The Development of Wisdom

...............................................................6

Seeing

.............................................................................................8

Hearing, Etc

.................................................................................... 11

Mind

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The Beginner's Exercise

.................................................................... 14

Sitting

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Rising-Falling

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Outline of Basic Exercises

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Other Exercises

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Walking

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Sitting

........................................................................................... 27

Lying Down

.................................................................................... 27

Sleep

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Waking

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Washing and Eating

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Summary of Essential Points

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About the Author

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The Buddhist Publication Society

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Satipatthana VipassanaInsight through Mindfulness

byThe Venerable Mahasi SayadawThe Wheel Publication No. 370/371ISBN 955-24-0078-3Copyright © 1990 Buddhist Publication SocietyFor free distribution only.You may print copies of this work for your personal use.You may re-format and redistribute this work for use on computers andcomputer networks,provided that you

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for its distribution or use.Otherwise, all rights reserved.Buddhist Publication SocietyP.O. Box 6154, Sangharaja Mawath

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Kandy, Sri Lanka

This edition was transcribed from the print edition in 1995 by Philip L. Jonesunder the auspices of the DharmaNet Dharma Book Transcription Project, withthe kind permission of the Buddhist Publication Society.

Introduction

On the personal request of the Honorable U Nu, Prime Minister, andThado Thiri Thudhamma Sir U Thwin, President of the BuddhaSasananuggaha Association, the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, BhadantaSobhana Mahathera, came down from Shwebo to Rangoon on 10thNovember 1949. The Meditation Centre at the Thathana Yeiktha,Hermitage Road, Rangoon, was formally opened on 4th December1949, when the Mahasi Sayadaw began to give to fifteen devotees amethodical training in the right system of Satipatthana Vipassana.From the first day of the opening of the Centre a discourse on theexposition of Satipatthana Vipassana, its purpose, the method of practice, the benefits derived therefrom, etc., has been given daily toeach batch of devotees arriving at the Centre almost everyday toundertake the intensive course of training. The discourse lasts usuallyfor one hour and thirty minutes, and the task of talking almost daily inthis manner inevitably caused a strain. Fortunately, the Buddha

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