The Satipatthana Sutta-- taken from the 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha himself-- is the original manual on how to meditate and be mindful. One of its recommended practices is the worldwide practice of mindfulness. Harrison has made the Sutta the basis of his teaching career. Now, with a new translation and commentary, he makes mindfulness more accessible than ever

Introduction -- Some useful terms -- Standard meditation practice -- Anxiety and the overactive mind -- Breath meditation -- Miraculous sigh -- Body scan -- Controlling thought -- Why focus on the body? -- To sit or not to sit -- Mindful action -- A journey into open monitoring -- An overview of the Satipatthana Sutta -- Foundations of mindfulness -- History of translation -- Sati: the analysis of a word -- How the Sutta works -- Emotion at the atomic level -- Painful emotion -- States of mind -- Optimizing emotion -- Embodied thought -- Attention -- Good judgment -- Scientific evidence -- Story of modern mindfulness -- Modern definition -- Using the language