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B. Analayo's 2021 new book definition of 'mindfulness'


Re: Two new books by ven. Anālayo

Post by frank k » 

short critique of his definition of mindfulness here, with pictures here:
https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2020/10/b-analayo-and-his-new-book-wrong.html

He may have improved his definition over his previous versions, trying to redress some of the criticisms from the past, but it's still fatally flawed.

It doesn't look anything like the Buddha's mindfulness definition (SN 47.2). What his current definition of sati is, is a clunky mess trying to redress his problematic old definition to not contradict the Buddha's SN 47.2 definition. The result is a definition of sati that is convoluted, hard to digest the meaning easily.

Really the best thing to do, is admit one has made a big mistake and just translate the Buddha's definition and stick with that. Revolutionary idea:
Maybe the Buddha knew what he was doing. Then later followers got style drift, started reading each other's definition of mc-mindfulness, and then lost sight of the Buddha's definition.


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  1. ArkaJanuary 14, 2021 at 1:04 PM

    You might enjoy this thread by Dmytro on Sati, citing pali references where he is hounded by others for simply stating the facts :
    https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=4299

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