THISPAGEISBLANK!
PublishedbyWindhorsePublications
169MillRoadCambridge
CB13ANwww.windhorsepublications.com
©
Anaayo2003
Reprinted2006,2008,2010,2012.
CoverphotoTheodorFranzSteffens
CoverdesignMarleneEltschig
PrintedbyBel
&
BanLtd.,Glasgow
BritishLibraryCataoguinginPublicationData:
AcataoguerecordforthisbookisavalablefromtheBritishLibrary
ISBN
9781899579549
TherightofAnaayotobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenasserted
byhiminaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988
Asanactof
Dhammadana,
Anaayohaswavedroyatypaymentsfromthisbook.
MIX
jJ
FSC
www.fsc.org
Paperfrom
responsiblesources
rsc-
C007785
CONTENTS
LISTOFFIGURES
x
INTRODUCTION
1
TRANSLATIONOFTHE
SATIPATTHANASUTTA
ChapterI
GENERALASPECTSOFTHEDIRECTPATH15
OVERVIEWOFTHE
SATIPATTHANASUTTA'5
ASURVEYOFTHEFOUR
SATIPATTHANAS
'9
THERELEVANCEOFEACH
SATIPATTHANA
FORREALIZATION
21
THECHARACTEROFEACH
SATIPATTHANA
24THEEXPRESSION"DIRECTPATH"27
6
THETERM
SATIPATTHANA
29
ChapterII
THE"DEFINITION"PARTOFTHE
SATIPATTHANA
S
UTTA
31
CONTEMPLATION
32
THESIGNIFICANCEOFBEINGDILIGENT
(ATAPl)
34
CLEARLYKNOWING
(SAMPAJANA)
39
MINDFULNESSANDCLEARKNOWLEDGE
4
ChapterIIISATI44
THEEARLYBUDDHISTAPPROACHTOKNOWLEDGE44
SATI46
THEROLEANDPOSITIONOF
SATI49SATI
IMAGERY53CHARACTERISTICSANDFUNCTIONSOF
SATI57SATI
ANDCONCENTRATION
(SJlMADHI)61
ChapterIV
THERELEVANCEOFCONCENTRATION
67FREEDOMFROMDESIRESANDDISCONTENT67
CONCENTRATION,RIGHTCONCENTRATION,ANDABSORPTION72
ABSORPTIONANDREALIZATION79THECONTRIBUTIONOFABSORPTIONTOTHEPROGRESSOFIISIGHT85CALMANDISIGHT88
ChapterV
THE
SAT
I
PA
TT
H
A
N
A
"REFRAIN"
92
INTERNALANDEXTERNALCONTEMPLATION94
ALTERNATIVEINTERPRETATIONSOFINTERNALANDEXTERNAL
CONTEMPLATION99
IMPERMANENCE102
DEPENDENTCO-ARISING
(PATICCASAMUPpADA)
107
THEPRINCIPLEOFDEPENDENTCO-i'RISINGANDITSPRACTICAL
APPLICATION110
MEREAWARENESSANDCLINGINGTONOTHING112
ChapterVI
THEBODY
"7
THEBODYCONTEMPLATIONS117
PURPOSEANDBENEFITSOFCONTEMPLATIONOFTHEBODY121
MINDFULNESSOFBREATHING125
THE
ANArANASATISUTTA
133POSTURESANDACTIVITIES136
ANATOMICALPARTSANDELEMENTS146
CORPSEINDECAYANDMEDITATIONONDEATH152
67
ChapterVII
FEELINGS
156
CONTEMPLATIONOFFEELINGS156
FEELINGSANDVIEWS
(DITTHI)
161
PLEASANTFEELINGANDTHEIMPORTANCEOFJOY164
UNPLEASANTFEELING168
NEUTRALFEELING171
ChapterVIII
MIND
173
CONTEMPLATIONOFTHEMIND173
NON-REACTIVEAWARENESSOFONE'SSTATEOFMIND175
FOUR"ORDINARY"STATESOFMIND177
FOUR"HIGHER"STATESOFMIND179
ChapterIX
DHAMMAS:
THEHINDRANCES
182
CONTEMPLATIONOFDHAMMAS182CONTEMPLATIONOFTHEFIVEHINDRANCES186
THEIMPORTANCEOFRECOGNIZINGTHEHINDRANCES190
CONDITIONSFORPRESENCEORABSENCEOFAHINDRANCE192
Chapter
X
DHAMMAS:
THEAGGREGATES
201
THEFIVEAGGREGATES201THEHISTORICALCOTEXTOFTHETEACHINGON
ANATTA
207
EMPIRICALSELFANDCONTEMPLATIONOFTHEAGGREGATES209ARISINGADPASSINGAWAYOFTHEAGGREGATES213
ChapterXI
DHAMMAS:
THESENSE-SPHERES
216
THESENSE-SPHERESANDTHEFETTERS216
THEPERCEPTUALPROCESS222
COGNITIVETRAINING226
THEINSTRUCTIONTOBAHIYA229
ChapterXII
DHAMMAS:THEAWAKENINGFACTORS
233
CONTEMPLATIONOFTHEAWAKENINGFACTORS233
THECONDITIONALSEQUENCEOFTHEAWAKENINGFACTORS235
BENEFITSOFDEVELOPINGTHEAWAKENINGFACTORS239
ChapterXIII
DHAMMAS:THEFOURNOBLETRUTHS243
THEIMPLICATIONSOF
DUKKHA
243THEFOURNOBLETRUTHS245CONTEMPLATIONOFTHEFOURNOBLETRUTHS247
ChapterXIV
REALIZATION
250
GRADUALANDSUDDEN251
NIBBANA
ANDITSETHICALIMPLICATIONS257
THEEARLYBUDDHISTCONCEPTIONOF
NIBBANA260
NIBBANA:
NEITHERALL-EMBRACINGUNITYNORANNIHILATION262
ChapterXV
CONCLUSION
266KEYASPECTSOF
SATIPATTHANA266
THEIMPORTANCEOF
SATIPATTHANA
271
BIBLIOGRAPHY279LISTOFABBREVIATIONS301
GLOSSARY303INDEX309