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What are all the sati compound glue words? (i.e. anapanas-sati, maranas-sati, etc.)

The List so far


Ānā-pāna-s-sati : 16 APS, in-breathing (and) out-breathing remembrance (SN 54)
Ānā-pāna-s-sati-samādhi: (SN 54) refers to 16 APS
anus-sati-ṭ-ṭhānāna: recollection-subjects (AN 6.10, AN 6.29)
kāya-gatā-sati: body-immersed-remembrance
marana-s-sati: death remembrance
sati-'patthāna: remembrance-establishing (SN 47), 4sp are nimittas of samādhi (MN 44)




What are all the sati compound glue words? (i.e. anapanas-sati, maranas-sati, etc.)

Post by frank k » Wed May 29, 2019 3:16 am
I want to assemble a comprehensive list, off hand they all seem to refer to an important meditation topic for satipatthana (4sp).

Ānā-pāna-s-sati : in-breathing (and) out-breathing remembrance
kāya-gatā-sati: body-immersed-remembrance
marana-s-sati: death remembrance
sati-'pattahana: remembrance-establishing

Doing a digital search for "sati" throughout the pali canon would obviously return a very long list hard to quickly narrow down, so I figure someone else may have already done so.

Where I'm going with this:
I have a thesis that the Buddha originally, never spoke the sutta SN 45.8, which gives the standard canonical definition of each of the 8aam noble eight-fold path factors. Meaning, for example, one had to infer what samma-sati right remembrance, is, from the other teachings he gave such as the 7 sets contained in 37bp (bodhi-pakkhiya).



(6 important adhi-citta practices from AN 6.29 excerpt)

paṭhamaṃ...dutiyaṃ...tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, ...
first…second...third jhāna (he) enters and dwells in,…
Diṭṭha-dhamma-sukha-vihārāya saṃvattati.
(in the) here-and-now,-pleasant-abiding (it) leads-to.
āloka-saññaṃ manasi karoti,...
Luminosity-perception (his) mind makes…
ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya saṃvattati.
Knowledge-and-vision’s-acquisition (this) leads-to.
kesa...mutta… (31 body parts perception)
Head-hair...urine (31 body parts contemplation)…
Kāma-rāgap-pahānāya saṃvattati.
Sensuality-passion-removal (this) leads-to.
(9 contemplations on) ... sivathikāya ...
9 contemplations on cemetary corpse decay…
Asmi-māna-samugghātāya saṃvattati.
Pride-conceit-uprooting (this) leads-to.
catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati,...
fourth jhāna (he) enters and abides in,…
aneka-dhātu-paṭi-vedhāya saṃvattati.
Many-elements-fully-penetrated (this) leads-to.
sato'-va (through various moving postures)...
Always-mindful through various moving postures,…
sati-sampajaññāya saṃvattatī”ti.
Mindfulness-and-alertness (this) leads-to.

(6 helpful recollections to lubricate samādhi with joy from AN 6.9)

(AN 6.10 shows how these 6 subjects lead into first jhāna, AN 6.25 and AN 6.26 more clues)
buddh-ānussati, dhamm-ānussati,
Buddha-recollection, Dhamma-recollection,
saṅgh-ānussati, sīl-ānussati,
Sangha-recollection, Virtue-recollection,
cāg-ānussati, devat-ānussati —
Generosity-recollection, Deva-recollection -
imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha anus-satiṭ-ṭhānānī”ti.
These indeed, monks, (are the) six recollection-topics.




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