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Thread for John Kelly’s Pāli Reading Group 2025 Session 2 (February 23rd / 24th 2025).
Meeting ID: 829 5896 1475
Passcode: anicca
You will need to remain in the “waiting room” until host lets you in.
We will continue going through together Dīgha Nikaya 22, Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna sutta.
Homework preparation for this class:
Work through sections 1.2 (Postures), 1.3 (Situational Awareness), and 1.4 (The Repulsive), putting them in Trilinear format translation.
Hi all, I’m catching up on the videos 
During Session 2, there was discussion about pajānāti in
(1.1) Kāyānupassanāānāpānapabba
(1.2) Kāyānupassanāiriyāpathapabba
as opposed to sampajāna in
(1.3) Kāyānupassanāsampajānāpabba
Ven. Anālayo, in his Satipaṭṭhāna & Meditation Practice Guide, talks to the clinical terms interoception and proprioception regarding these two types of awareness. He doesn’t explicitly call out the pāli terms but it’s clear he considers proprioception a way to think about sampajānā – “situational” awareness per Bhante Sujato’s translation. At least, I think that’s a fair equivocation.
That is, awareness of how one moves about in space and, for example, not having physical accidents due to distraction.
I also see Bhante’s note for (1.2) Kāyānupassanāiriyāpathapabba:
In early Pali, this practice is found only in the two Satipaṭṭhānasuttas and the closely related Kāyagatāsatisutta (MN 119). It is practiced by developing a reflexive awareness of one’s posture and activity as it proceeds, often assisted by moving slowly and carefully.
So “reflexive awareness” adds more context for mindfulness of the postures (1.2). Maybe there’s more in the commentaries.
Thanks for letting me follow along 