B 058 Illuminated Texts 8: The Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta 

Dhamma talk and meditation studio-recorded by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro at DIMC Azusa CA and broadcast on 23 July 2024.
Subjects covered:
1. Sutta background
- Sources
- Sutta name meaning
- Interlocutors
- place names
2. Conventional overview of the Sutta
3. Mindfulness of the body in the body
4. Mindfulness of the feelings in the feelings
5. Mindfulness of the mind in the mind
6. 30 minutes meditation
7. Mindfulness of the dhammas in the dhammas
8. The 'eighteen bodies' teaching
9. How satipaṭṭhāna change the practitioner
10. Issues raised by the sutta
- the importance of the shared spiritual path
- the difference between ‘seeing’ and ‘contemplation’
- the possibility of attainment within seven days of meditation
- why the ‘body in the body’ teaching is not more widely accepted
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