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argument of, 129–32
Pali Text Society, 9, 138–39, 140,
defined, 15
146–47
four foundations of
passaddhi, 16, 25–26, 92–93, 211
mindfulness, 133–37
perception-action cycle, 247–48
how it works, 166–77
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overview, 1–2, 128–32
cvlling, 63–76, 280–81
translations, 8–9, 138–47
embodied, 239–45
See also specific topics
intuitive, 237–39
sati-sampajjana, 154, 157
meditation and, 69–70
seven factors of enlightenment,
mindfulness of, 137
136, 206–7, 209–15
naming, 71–75, 111–12
shikantaza, 17, 97–99, 234,
nonjudgmental acceptance
295–96
of, 71–72
sighs, 46–49
stigmatizing, 232–34
sleepiness, 42
See also attention
Soma Thera, 139, 140, 143, 152,
three characteristics of existence,
155–56, 157
175
Standard Meditation Practice,
“Three Sighs” exercise, 46–49
19–26
tranquility practices, 22–24
states of mind
about, 202–3
U
attention as, 205
U Ba Khin, 5, 289–90
as enlightenment factor,
U Pandita, 151–52, 160–61, 162
206–7, 209–15
upekkha, 17, 171, 186–87,
ideal meditative, 206–9
211–15, 305
managing, 205
V
mindfulness of, 135–36,
145–46
valence of emotion, 145, 179–92
naming, 203–4
values, 229–31
stillness, body-mind, 16, 25–26,
vedana, 135, 145, 179–92
92–93, 211
vipassana, 16, 162
stories, 227–28
Vipassana retreats, 5, 79–80, 290,
stress, 32, 37
291–92, 293
sukha, 83, 85–86, 210
viriya, 209–10
sutta, 15
viscera, 81–82
Sutta, the. See Satipatthana
vitakka-vicara, 161
Sutta
W
T
Wallace, Alfred Russell, 272–73
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, 150, 151,
Wallace, B. Alan , 213, 304
304–6
worry, 29–30
therapy, 196–201, 294–98
Y
Theravada, the, 16
yawning, 47, 48, 49
thought
about, 232–35
Z
automatic, 64–65, 249–50
zazen, 17, 96–97, 234, 237
conscious, 249, 250–52
Zen, 96–100, 237–38
contemplative, 235–37
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A B O U T T H E A U T H O R
Eric Harrison was born in Wellington, New Zealand,
in 1949. He graduated from Victoria University with a BA in
English literature and music, and started his working life as
a schoolteacher and journalist. Between 1974 and 1985 he
spent a total of 18 months doing retreats in the Burmese,
Tibetan, Zen, and yoga traditions. While he appreciated the
opportunities to do long retreats, he found he had no appetite
for Buddhism itself.
When Eric opened the Perth Meditation Centre in 1987,
he chose to use secular, rational, and science-based language
to explain meditation. He later supplemented his knowledge
with five years’ study in biology, cognitive science, and West-
ern philosophy. This approach made his work acceptable
to the many doctors and psychologists who referred clients
to him, and to corporations that have employed him since.
He has now taught 30,000 people how to meditate, and his pre-
vious six books, including Teach Yourself to Meditate and The 5-Minute Meditator, have been translated into 14 languages.
perthmeditationcentre.com.au
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“Brings clear thinking, practical wisdom, and welcome rigor to the widely popular concept of mindfulness.”
—Publishers Weekly
The essential guide to training your brain
for mindfulness—modern, science-based,
and with no Buddhism required.
Lifelong meditation teacher Eric Harrison intimately understands
the benefits of mindfulness, from improved focus and better
judgment to relaxation and inner peace. He’s helped tens of
thousands of students to achieve these goals by rooting his practice
in the Buddha’s original text on how to meditate and live mindfully:
the Satipatthana Sutta.
Brain Training with the Buddha offers a secular perspective on
this ancient wisdom that requires no familiarity with Buddhism
itself—only openness to the Buddha’s original teachings. Harrison’s
translation of this sutta (the first in modern English) comes with
guidance for anyone looking to train their mind by applying its
thirteen steps to mindful living today.
“Deeply engaging . . . Harrison explores
the relationships, overlaps, and divergences between
Western Buddhist meditation and secular mindfulness.
Whatever your particular views, this book will help
you locate them. I also enjoyed Eric’s accessible
translation of the Satipatthana Sutta.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness
and Real Happiness
Previously published in hardcover as
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The Foundations of Mindfulness.
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Also available as an ebook
Document Outline
FRONT COVER
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SOME USEFUL TERMS
Part One: The First Foundation: Mindfulness of the Body Chapter 1: The Standard Meditation Practice
Chapter 2: Anxiety and the Overactive Mind
Chapter 3: The Breath Meditation
Chapter 4: The Miraculous Sigh
Chapter 5: The Body Scan
Chapter 6: Controlling Thought
Chapter 7: Why Focus on the Body?
Chapter 8: To Sit or Not to Sit
Chapter 9: Mindful Action
Chapter 10: A Journey into Open Monitoring
Part Two: The Satipatthana Sutta Chapter 11: An Overview of the Satipatthana Sutta
Chapter 12: The Foundations of Mindfulness (the Satipatthana Sutta)
Chapter 13: The History of Translation
Chapter 14: Sati: The Analysis of a Word
Chapter 15: How the Sutta Works
Part Three: Other Foundations: Mindfulness of Emotion, Mindfulness of States of Mind, Mindfulness of Thought Chapter 16: Emotion at the Atomic Level
Chapter 17: Painful Emotion
Chapter 18: States of Mind
Chapter 19: Optimizing Emotion
Chapter 20: Embodied Thought
Chapter 21: Attention
Chapter 22: Good Judgment
Part Four: Modern Applications of Mindfulness Chapter 23: The Scientific Evidence
Chapter 24: The Story of Modern Mindfulness
Chapter 25: The Modern Definition
Chapter 26: Using the Language
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BACK COVER