This set of slides is from the Satipatthana Workshop conducted by Venerable Aggacitta at Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary between July 26-29, 2012. Permission is given to redistribute without any modifications, for non-commercial purposes only. These slides compare the Kayanupassana with Kayagatasati Sutta and propose that the 4 satipatthanas and kayagatasati are 2 different formulations with different emphasis.

1. Comparison of
Kāyānupassanā
Contemplation of the Body
&
Kāyagatāsati Sutta (MN 119)
Mindfulness of the Body Discourse

2. Kāyagatāsati Sutta
Proclamation
“ And how, monks, is mindful-
ness of the body developed
and cultivated so that it is of
great fruit and great benefit?
”
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3. Structure of Kāyagatāsati Sutta
proclamation
● breathing
refrain
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4. Kāyagatāsati Sutta
Samatha Refrain
● As he abides thus ● internally his mind stills,
heedful, ardent, settles, and becomes
and resolute unified and composed.
● memories and ● That is how a bhikkhu
thoughts based on develops mindfulness
the household life of the body.
are abandoned
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5. Structure of Kāyagatāsati Sutta
proclamation
● breathing
refrain
● postures
refrain
● clear knowing
refrain
● 31 body parts
refrain
● 4 elements
refrain
● 9 corpses
refrain first jhāna
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6. Kāyagatāsati Sutta
Jhāna & Mindfulness of the Body
He pervades his whole body
● with the rapture & ● with the pleasure
pleasure born of divested of rapture
seclusion (1st) (3rd)
● with the rapture & ● with a pure bright
pleasure born of mind (4th)
composure (2nd)
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7. Kāyagatāsati Sutta
Samatha Refrain
● As he abides thus ● internally his mind stills,
heedful, ardent, settles, and becomes
and resolute unified and composed.
● memories and ● That is how a bhikkhu
thoughts based on develops mindfulness
the household life of the body.
are abandoned
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8. Structure of Kāyagatāsati Sutta
proclamation conclusion: ten benefits
● breathing ready for direct knowledge
refrain
● postures gone beyond Māra
refrain
● clear knowing cultivated wholesome states
refrain
● 31 body parts fourth jhāna
refrain
● 4 elements third jhāna
refrain
● 9 corpses second jhāna
refrain first jhāna
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9. Structure of Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
abstract proclamation
body definition
● breathing
refrain
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10. Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Vipassanā Refrain
● Contemplates ● Is mindful that there
internally, exter- is/are a body, feelings,
nally, both inter- mind, dhammas—just for
nally & externally knowledge & repeated sati
● Contemplates ● Is independent, &
nature of arising, of does not cling to
vanishing, of both anything in the world.
arising & vanishing 10

11. Structure of Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
abstract proclamation conclusion
definition prediction dhammas
body refrain
breathing
● ● 4 Noble Truths
refrain
postures
● ● 7 awakening factors
refrain
● clear knowing ● 6 int & ext sense bases
refrain
●31 body parts ● 5 aggregates
refrain
4 elements
● ● 5 hindrances
refrain
9 corpses
● mind
refrain
feelings 11

12. Mindfulness
in Early Buddhism
New approaches through
psychology and textual analysis of
Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit sources
By Tse-fu Kuan
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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13. Further suggests
● The 4 satipaṭṭhānas and kāyagatāsati
are just 2 different formulations of the
same teaching with different emphasis
● The tendency to dissociate satipaṭṭhāna
from samatha is aparently a rather late
development
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