The Foundations of Mindfulness
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 lateānot least because the common translation, in Victorian English, is virtually indecipherable. So, modern mindfulness studentsāfocused instead on the Zen practice of 'just sitting'ārisk 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 commentaryāinformed by a lifelong consideration of the Buddha's original teachingsāhe makes mindfulness more accessible than ever, particularly to those coming to it not by way of Buddhism or prior meditation practice.
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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 lateānot least because the common translation, in Victorian English, is virtually indecipherable. So, modern mindfulness studentsāfocused instead on the Zen practice of 'just sitting'ārisk 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 commentaryāinformed by a lifelong consideration of the Buddha's original teachingsāhe makes mindfulness more accessible than ever, particularly to those coming to it not by way of Buddhism or prior meditation practice.
