Sublime

Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha’s original discourse on mindfulness,

walk the earth. This literature is worthy of attention. Most of the points given in this book are drawn from the Tipitaka, which is the three-section compendium of the Buddha’s original teachings.

The Theravada system of practice prevails in South and Southeast Asia in the countries of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. This book deals with Theravada practice.

There are three integral factors in Buddhist meditation—morality, concentration, and wisdom.

Satipatthana Sutta, a discourse attributed to the Buddha himself. Vipassana is a direct and gradual cultivation of mindfulness or awareness.

vipassana bhavana means the cultivation of the mind toward the aim of seeing in the special way that leads to insight and full understanding.

“What you are now is the result of what you were. What you will be tomorrow will be the result of what you are now. The consequences of an evil mind will follow you like the cart follows the ox that pulls it. The consequences of a purified mind will follow you like your own shadow. No one can do more for you than your own purified mind—no parent, n

“Om Mani Padme Hum.”