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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

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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