A Meditator's Life of the Buddha: Based on the Early Discourses - Softcover

Analayo, Bhikkhu

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9781909314993: A Meditator's Life of the Buddha: Based on the Early Discourses
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ISBN 10: 1909314994 ISBN 13: 9781909314993
Publisher: Windhorse Publications, 2018

Synopsis

Bhikkhu Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha from the viewpoint of his meditative development and practice, based on combining extracts from the early discourses with his own commentary. The focus is on the Buddha as a meditator, so this is a life story offering inspiration and guidance for readers who are also meditators. Bhikkhu Analayo covers the period up to the Buddha's awakening and from the awakening to the Buddha's final Nirvana. Following this, he explores recollections of the Buddha, a topic that in one way or another underlies all the chapters. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions for meditative practice or conduct.

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About the Author

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. Analayo's published 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).

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Bhikkhu Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha from the viewpoint of his meditative development and practice, based on combining extracts from the early discourses with his own commentary. The focus is on the Buddha as a meditator, so this is a life story offering inspiration and guidance for readers who are also meditators. Bhikkhu Analayo covers the period up to the Buddha's awakening and from the awakening to the Buddha's final Nirvana. Following this, he explores recollections of the Buddha, a topic that in one way or another underlies all the chapters. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions for meditative practice or conduct.

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Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha from the viewpoint of his meditative development and practice, based on combining extracts from the early discourses with commentary by the author. He conveys not only a focus on the Buddha as a meditator, but also that the book’s readers are meditators, that this is a life of the Buddha which provides inspiration and guidance for meditators.

Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions for meditative practice or conduct.

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Read this book slowly. Savour it and let it sink in. Make it a manual of practice. Use the reflections to deepen your journey. May the teachings, stories and practices here bring you the blessings of the Buddha. -From the Foreword by Jack Kornfield

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Publisher
Windhorse Publications
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1909314994
ISBN 13 
9781909314993
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
280
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