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This set of slides is from the Satipatthana Workshop conducted by Venerable Aggacitta at Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary. Permission is given to redistribute without any modifications, for non-commercial purposes only. These slides track the origin of the Satipatthana Sutta and provides evidence on why the canonical Satipatthana Sutta is not authentic per se, but a collation of text from various sources.
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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
