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Mindfulness book overview

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Proposed contents of Mindfulness book
as of april 2011






Introduction   



PART 1  What is Mindfulness?



Happiness


The Buddhist path to happiness

The five paths 



The Path of Preparation



Mindfulness - Sati

‘Stalker’ – a cinematic metaphor 



Sati as a state of mind   


Mind 
Sati as ‘recollection’  
Sati as ‘presence of mind’ 
Sati  and sampajana 



Mindfulness-based Therapies


Secular views on mindfulness 
Mindfulness strategies
-a bigger container  
-‘Pacing’ 
Present moment awareness 
Acceptance  
Non-judgement 
Buddhism and MBTs 


How to be mindful - Satipatthana  


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 
The translation of satipatthana 
Satipatthana as ‘Presence’ or ‘Foundation’ 
of Mindfulness


The mechanics of being mindful


How to be mindful 
The structure of the Satipatthana Sutta
Supplementary information – ‘the refrain’



The seven processes



1) Contemplation - Anupassi


The origins of contemplation 
The meanings of contemplation today  
Contemplating within different systems 
The structure of contemplation – four stages 
1) The belief system  
2) What is the case?  
3)‘Increase’  
4) Change  
Sitting at the feet of the guru 
Learning from our experience 



2) Mindfulness – Sati


3) Clear Comprehension - Sampajana


Sati and Sampajana
The 'Comprehension Cascade'
The four sampajanas



4) Passion – Atapi


The Satipatthana “Refrain”


5) Focusing internally and externally


Taking responsibility 


6) Conditionality - Praticcasamutpada 


Awareness of conditions


7) Mindfulness to the extent of
     knowledge and remembrance


A mindful balance



The Satipatthana sequence 

Meditation 


Mindfulness of Body - Kaya satipatthana

Meditation Posture 
Setting up mindfulness in front 
The Neutral Object 
Slowing Down 
Groundedness 
Contacting the Tangible  


Mindfulness of Feeling - Vedana satipatthana

Sentience and the ‘sentient’ 
Feeling and Emotion 
‘The gap’
Mindfulness of feeling
Worldly and spiritual feeling
Skillful and unskillful mental states
The Buddhist attitude to pleasure
Feeling as sensation
Feeling resulting from emotions
Feeling as impression
Feeling as deep feeling
Feeling as sensibility
Vedana is Not Confined to 'Sensation' 
The ‘Sutta of the Dart’ 
Spiritual Feeling 
Mental Feeling


Mindfulness of Emotional 
and Mental States - Citta satipatthana

Thought
Emotion
‘Non discursive’ awareness
Emotional momentum 
Emotion and views 
Insight


Mindfulness of ‘Objects present 
in the Mind’- Dhammas satipatthana 

Dhammas 
Presence and mental representation
Concepts and ideas
Images
Perspective
Fantasy and reality
Poetry
The practices of reflection and imagination
Right View


The satipatthanas as a whole

Interactions among the satipatthanas
The satipatthanas as a hierarchy




The Mindful Path to Nirvana

Mindfulness and the five paths


1) The Path of Preparation

Mindfulness and Jhana


2) The Path of Application

The Mindful Personality - Satindriya
Unshakeable Mindfulness - Satibala
Readiness for reality
Stream-entry- Sotapatti


3) The Path of Seeing

Transcendental Mindfulness - Sati sambojjanga


4) The Path of Practice

The Noble Eightfold Path
Perfect Mindfulness - Samma sati
 

5) The Path of Fulfilment

Nirvana






PART 2  Mindfulness in Practice




Working with the satipatthanas?



Mindfulness and meditation


Conclusion / Afterword

The future of mindfulness