Informationen zum Autor Analayo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele. He teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. Analayo's published works include Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization (2003), Perspectives on Satipatthana (2014) and Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation (2015). Klappentext Disease and death are undeniably integral parts of human life. Yet when they manifest we are easily caught unprepared. To prepare for these, we need to learn how to skillfully face illness and passing away. A source of practical wisdom can be found in the early discourses that record the teachings given by the Buddha and his disciples.The chief aim of this book is to provide a collection of passages taken from the Buddha's early discourses that provide guidance for facing disease and death. The present anthology focuses on the theme of compassion, and is concerned with anukampa: compassion as the underlying motivation in altruistic action.Analayo uses his own translations from the Chinese originals, presented here for the first time. Taken together with his practical commentary, we thereby gain a first-hand impression of what early Buddhism had to say about disease and death. Zusammenfassung Disease and death are undeniably integral parts of human life. Yet when they manifest we are easily caught unprepared. To prepare for these! we need to learn how to skilfully face illness and passing away. A source of practical wisdom can be found in the early discourses that record the teachings given by the Buddha and his disciples. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 The Buddha as a Physician2 Sick Body and Healthy Mind3 The Arrow of Pain4 Qualities of a Patient and a Nurse5 The Healing Potential of the Awakening Factors6 Mindful Pain Reduction7 Enduring Pain with Mindfulness8 Insight Instead of Concentration9 Mindfulness When Sick10 Liberating Teachings by the Patient11 A Curative Meditation Programme12 Fearlessly Facing Disease13 Deathbed Instructions14 Dying and the Divine Abodes15 Detachment and Terminal Disease16 Buddhist Hospice17 The Last Words of an Accomplished Lay Disciple18 Mindfully Facing the Time of Death19 The Liberating Potential of Death20 The Power of Insight at the Time of Dying21 The Inevitability of Death22 Mindful Freedom from Grief23 The Buddha's Decease24 Recollection of DeathConclusion and Meditation InstructionsAppendixReferencesList of AbbreviationsSubject IndexIndex Locorum...

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Disease and death are undeniably integral parts of human life. Yet when they manifest we are easily caught unprepared. To prepare for these, we need to learn how to skillfully face illness and passing away. A source of practical wisdom can be found in the early discourses that record the teachings given by the Buddha and his disciples.

The chief aim of this book is to provide a collection of passages taken from the Buddha's early discourses that provide guidance for facing disease and death. The present anthology focuses on the theme of compassion, and is concerned with anukampa: compassion as the underlying motivation in altruistic action.

Analayo uses his own translations from the Chinese originals, presented here for the first time. Taken together with his practical commentary, we thereby gain a first-hand impression of what early Buddhism had to say about disease and death.

Inhalt

Introduction
1 The Buddha as a Physician
2 Sick Body and Healthy Mind
3 The Arrow of Pain
4 Qualities of a Patient and a Nurse
5 The Healing Potential of the Awakening Factors
6 Mindful Pain Reduction
7 Enduring Pain with Mindfulness
8 Insight Instead of Concentration
9 Mindfulness When Sick
10 Liberating Teachings by the Patient
11 A Curative Meditation Programme
12 Fearlessly Facing Disease
13 Deathbed Instructions
14 Dying and the Divine Abodes
15 Detachment and Terminal Disease
16 Buddhist Hospice
17 The Last Words of an Accomplished Lay Disciple
18 Mindfully Facing the Time of Death
19 The Liberating Potential of Death
20 The Power of Insight at the Time of Dying
21 The Inevitability of Death
22 Mindful Freedom from Grief
23 The Buddha's Decease
24 Recollection of Death
Conclusion and Meditation Instructions
Appendix
References
List of Abbreviations
Subject Index
Index Locorum