The Foundations of Mindfulness
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A brilliant, new, secular explanation of the Buddhas teachings on mindfulness usually translated as THE FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS, the Satipatthana Sutta - taken from the 2,500 year-old teachings of the Buddha himself - is the original DIY manual on how to meditate and be mindful.
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Just a few pages long, with 13 recommended practices, The Foundations of Mindfulness provides the authority for the worldwide practice of mindfulness. However, this influential text has been neglected of late—not least because the common translation, in Victorian English, is virtually indecipherable. So, modern mindfulness students—focused instead on the Zen practice of 'just sitting'—risk missing the benefits of the Buddha's more sophisticated approach.
In 1975, Eric Harrison retranslated the SATIPATTHANA SUTTA and made it the basis of his teaching career. Now, with his new translation and commentary—informed by a lifelong consideration of the Buddha's original teachings—he makes mindfulness more accessible than ever, particularly to those coming to it not by way of Buddhism or prior meditation practice.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781615192564
Publisher: The Experiment LLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 April 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: The Experiment LLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 386g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Eric Harrison was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1949. He graduated from Victoria University with a BA in English literature and music, and started his working life as a schoolteacher and journalist. Between 1974 and 1985 he spent a total of 18 months doing retreats in the Burmese, Tibetan, Zen, and yoga traditions. While he appreciated the opportunities to do long retreats, he found he had no appetite for Buddhism itself. When Eric opened the Perth Meditation Centre in 1987, he chose to use secular, rational, and science-based language to explain meditation. He later supplemented his knowledge with five years' study in biology, cognitive science, and Western philosophy. This approach made his work acceptable to the many doctors and psychologists who referred clients to him, and to corporations that have employed him since. He has now taught 30,000 people how to meditate, and his previous six books, including Teach Yourself to Meditate and The 5-Minute Meditator, have been translated into 14 languages.
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