A Meditator's Life of the Buddha

Based on the Early Discourses

Bhikkhu Analayo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2017
Windhorse Publications (Verlag)
978-1-909314-99-3 (ISBN)

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Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha based on the early discourses and focusing on his meditative development and practice. By focusing on the Buddha as a meditator, Analayo seeks to provide inspiration and guidance to all meditators, of any tradition and of any level of experience. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions to support meditative practice.

Analayo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele. He teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. His works include Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization (2003), Perspectives on Satipatthana (2014), Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation (2015) and Mindfully Facing Disease and Death (2016).

INTRODUCTION 1 THE MOTIVATION TO GO FORTH 2 MORAL CONDUCT AND FEAR 3 OBSTACLES TO CONCENTRATION 4 ABSORPTION 5 THE IMMATERIAL ATTAINMENTS 6 FORCEFUL CONTROL OF THE MIND 7 BREATH CONTROL 8 FASTING 9 FINDING THE PATH 10 DETERMINATION 11 RECOLLECTION OF PAST LIVES 12 THE DIVINE EYE 13 AWAKENING 14 THE DECISION TO TEACH 15 THE TWO EXTREMES 16 THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 17 THE THREE TURNINGS 18 HONOURING THE DHARMA 19 SEEING THROUGH VIEWS 20 DWELLING IN EMPTINESS 21 DAILY CONDUCT 22 TEACHING 23 OLD AGE AND DISEASE 24 FINAL NIRVANA CONCLUSION REFERENCES ABBREVIATIONS

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2018
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	1-909314-99-4 / 1909314994
ISBN-13	978-1-909314-99-3 / 9781909314993
Zustand	Neuware