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Contents Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction i. What is meditation? ii. The early manuals iii. The classification of meditation objects iv. Different temperaments v. Finding a teacher or ?good friend? vi. Lay people and the practice of meditation vii. Sitting posture viii. Samatha and Vipassana Chapter 2 Meditation: introductory texts Chapter 3 The five hindrances Chapter 4 Longer Texts: Concentration and the fruits of recluseship: the Samannaphala Sutta Chapter Longer Texts: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: the Satipannhana Sutta Chapter 6 (1?10) The ten devices (kasina) Chapter 7 (11?20) The ten foulnesses (asubha) Chapter 8 (21?30) The ten recollections: six recollections (anussati) (21?3) The Triple Gem (21) The recollection of the Buddha (Buddhanussati) (22) The recollection of the dhamma (dhammanussati) (23) The recollection of the sangha (sanghanussati) The recollection of virtue (silanussati) The recollection of generosity (caganussati) The recollection of devas (devatanussati) Groups of recollections Chapter 9 The ten recollections: four mindfulnesses (sati) Mindfulness of death (maranasati) Mindfulness of the body (kayagatasati) Mindfulness of breathing (anapanasati) The recollection of peace (upasamanussati) Chapter 10 (31-34) The four divine abidings (brahmavihara) Chapter 11 (35-38) Meditation on the formless (arupasamapatti) Chapter 12 (39) The perception of loathsomeness in food (Ahare patikkulasanna) (40) The defining of the four elements (Catudhatuvavatthana) Conclusion: sila, samadhi and panna Bibliography Translator?s note Glossary [Canonical references] Index
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Meditation -- Buddhism.