Can you suggest name of best books having translations or interpretations of Satipatthana

Can you suggest name of the best books having translations or interpretations of Satipatthana

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Hi Kavichou!

For an initial overview, there are entries on satipaį¹­į¹­hāna (PDF) and the Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna-sutta (PDF) in the Encyclopedia of Buddhism.

If youā€™d like to explore this topic in more detail, there are two books Iā€™d recommend:

  • Perspectives on Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna (2013) (PDF), which studies the topic through a comparative study of Pali, Chinese and Tibetan early Buddhist sources.
  • Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna Meditation: A Practice Guide (2018) (PDF), which helps with putting satipaį¹­į¹­hāna into practice.

Both encyclopedia articles and both books were written by Professor Bhikkhu Anālayo, who also wrote his PhD thesis on satipaį¹­į¹­hāna in early Buddhism (published in 2003 as Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna, the Direct Path to Realization, a book available in different languages here).

Finally, you can also read or listen to some of the original texts themselves if youā€™d like, such as the Mahāsatipaį¹­į¹­hāna-sutta and the suttas in the Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna-saį¹ƒyutta. Hope this helps. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@cdpatton has recently translated the Chinese Ekottarika agama parallel of the Satipatthana sutta.

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The Way of Mindfulness: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary by Soma Thera

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html

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Bhikkhu Bodhi explains in his introduction:

This book, The Way of Mindfulness, contains all the authorized instructions on Satipatthana meditation passed down in the Theravada tradition: the Satipatthana Sutta stemming from the Buddha himself (in the more concise version of the Majjhima Nikaya [MN10], which omits the detailed analysis of the Four Noble Truths found in the Digha Nikayaā€™s Maha-satipatthana Sutta); the commentary by Buddhaghosa [5th century CE]; and selections from the tika by [Acariya] Dhammapala [6th or 7th century CE]. ā€¦
The book was originally compiled in the late 1930s by Ven. Soma Thera (1898-1960), a bhikkhu of Sri Lanka, and has been maintained in print since the early 1940s.

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There are also ten recorded lectures by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Satipaį¹­į¹­hāna Sutta in section VI.2 of his Systematic Study of the Majjhima Nikāya.

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A History of Mindfulness by Bhante Sujato, for free download.

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Hereā€™s one from Bhante Vimalaramsi, and he has a few more comments on his YouTube channel and also a booklet :

And hereā€™s his book about the Sutta:

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