Mindfulness in Early Buddhism_ New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources

Abstract

Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Map ; Introduction ; 1 Mindfulness in soteriology: Transformation of cognition and emotion ; 1. Mindfulness and sañña ; 2. Mindfulness and cognition ; 3. Mindfulness and emotion ; 4. Mindfulness and the Path to Liberation ; 2 Types and functions of mindfulness ; 1. Simple awareness ; 2. Protective awareness ; 3. Introspective awareness ; 4. Deliberately forming conceptions ; 3 Mindfulness in methodical meditation ; 1. Mindfulness and insight (vipassana) meditation ; 2. Mindfulness and serenity (samatha) meditation ; 3. Mindfulness of breathing—an example of samatha and vipassana yoked together ; 4 KAyagatA sati: Mindfulness directed to the experiencer ; 1. The origins of the Kayagatasati Sutta ; 2. The meaning of kayagata sati ; 5 The four satipaWWhAnas: Mindfulness as a comprehensive path ; 1. Investigating the (Maha)satipawwhana Sutta and its authenticity ; 2. Essential teachings on the four satipawwhanas ; 3. The four satipawwhanas and kayagata sati ; 4. The four satipawwhanas emphasized as the Buddha’s final teaching ; Conclusion ; Appendix 1 An annotated translation of the Sarvastivada version of the SatipaWWhAna Sutta ; Appendix 2 An annotated translation of the Sarvastivada version of the KAyagatAsati Sutta ; Appendix 3 A tabular comparison of the Pali and the two Chinese versions of the SatipaWWhAna Sutta ; Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ;