The foundations of mindfulness
Subtitle: how to cultivate attention, good judgment, and tranquility
By: Eric Harrison
Publisher: The Experiment
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781615192564
Subjects: Doctrines; Attention; Mindfulness (Psychology); Religious aspects; Emotions; Satipaṭṭhāna (Buddhism); Buddhism; Meditation
Description: The Satipatthana Sutta-- taken from the 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha himself-- is the original manual on how to meditate and be mindful. One of its recommended practices is the worldwide practice of mindfulness. Harrison has made the Sutta the basis of his teaching career. Now, with a new translation and commentary, he makes mindfulness more accessible than ever.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Some useful terms; title: The standard meditation practice; title: Anxiety and the overactive mind; title: The breath meditation; title: The miraculous sigh; title: The body scan; title: Controlling thought; title: Why focus on the body?; title: To sit or not to sit; title: Mindful action; title: A journey into open monitoring; title: An overview of the Satipatthana Sutta; title: The foundations of mindfulness; title: The history of translation; title: Sati: the analysis of a word; title: How the Sutta works; title: Emotion at the atomic level; title: Painful emotion; title: States of mind; title: Optimizing emotion; title: Embodied thought; title: Attention; title: Good judgment; title: The scientific evidence; title: The story of modern mindfulness; title: The modern definition; title: Using the language.