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gift of the teachings Bhikkhu Analayo's Dharma Talks Bhikkhu Analayo

Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo was born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. In the year 2000 he completed a PhD thesis on the Satipatthana-sutta at the University of Peradeniya which was published as the highly regarded book Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization. At present, he is a professor at the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg, and works as a researcher at Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan. -- Select from Bhikkhu Analayo's 3 talks -- VIEW ALL 2015-03-26 Guided Meditation - Exploring the Four Satipatthanas 2011-10-16 Mindfulness According to Early Buddhist Sources 2018-05-09 Morning Instructions: Maranasati (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2011-10-16 Mindfulness According to Early Buddhist Sources 2:37:12 Download Listen "The aim of my presentation will be to investigate what mindfulness practice is about according to the early Buddhist discourses. These discourses have been preserved in the Pali Nikayas, in the Chinese Agamas, and at times also in Sanskrit fragments and sutra quotations preserved in Tibetan. From a historical viewpoint, these discourses represent the earliest layer of Buddhist textual material and thus take us back as close as possible to the original instructions delivered by the Buddha. In these texts, we find two basic expositions: 1) the fourfold establishment of mindfulness taught in general; 2) the threefold establishment of mindfulness associated with the Buddha himself. First, I will examine the fourfold establishment of mindfulness, based on the way it is depicted in the different extant versions of the Discourse on Mindfulness and the Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing. Then, I will compare these to the threefold establishment of mindfulness. Through such comparison, I hope to arrive at key aspects of Buddhist mindfulness practice according to the earliest available textual sources at our disposition." Spirit Rock Meditation Center Attached Files: Mindfulness According to Early Buddhist Sources by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)