Satipatthana Sutta

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Satipahna Sutta (Sanskrit: Smtyupasthna Stra) and the Mahsatipahna Sutta are two of the most popular discourses in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. The former is also found in the gamas of other early schools, has been embraced by contemporary Mahayana practitioners such as Thich Nhat Hanh. These discourses (Pli: sutta) provide a means for practicing mindfulness in a variety of contexts and potentially continuously. Famously, the Buddha declares at the beginning of this discourse: "This is the one and only way [Pli: ekyano ... maggo], monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the extinguishing of suffering and grief, for walking on the path of truth, for the realization of nibbna...." (Vipassana Research Institute, 1996, pp. 2, 3.) The meditation techniques identified in this sutta can be practiced individually or successively or in an interwoven fashion.