Location of Kuru

Sāvatthi

BārānasīGāyā

Vesālī

SatipaṭṭhānaMaterials

Ajahn Sujāto’s Scrutiny of

Vibhaṅga Dharmaskandha Śāriputrābhidharma

Ekāyana Sūtra

Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Prajñāpāramita Sūtra

Four Āgamas

Other Buddhist Sources

Five Nikāyas

Pre-Buddhist Sources

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● Concordance of the 7 main texts● Internal coherence of material● Intertextual relationship with the rest of

the scriptures● Cultural & philosophical contexts at the

Buddha’s time● Evolution of sectarian positions

Based on

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That the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) ● is not an authentic discourse of the Buddha,● but a padded up discourse,● with passages “copied and pasted” from

other discourses,● showing a sectarian bias towards pure

vipassanā practice.

Suggests

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Details

A History of Mindfulness

How insight worsted tranquility in the Satipatthana Sutta

By Bhikkhu Sujato

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Mindfulnessin Early Buddhism New approaches through

psychology and textual analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit sources

By Tse-fu Kuan

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

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That the Buddha ● initially introduced kāyagatā sati or

kāyasati (念身 ) as a general principle of introspective self-awareness

● developed it into the 4 satipaṭṭhānas at a late stage of his teaching career

● particularly emphasized the 4 satipaṭṭhānas as his final teaching

Further suggests

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Coming in Part 2Comparing contents of

Satipaṭṭhānain the 7 major texts

Vibhaṅga Dharmaskandha Śāriputrābhidharma

Ekāyana Sūtra

Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

Prajñāpāramita Sūtra