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The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

by Nyanaponika Thera

An influential presentation of satipatthana practice by a German-born Theravada monk living in Sri Lanka, drawing on the Burmese method of Mahasi Sayadaw. Its description of mindfulness as bare attention shaped Western understanding of insight meditation.

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