Gethin's writings on meditation, need some help

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sphairos
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Gethin's writings on meditation, need some help

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Hi everyone!

Could somebody help me to clarify what R. Gethin is referring to in his article On the practice of Buddhist Meditation (2004), when he says:
"The Satipatthana Sutta takes the form of an exposition of a stock satipatthana formula that is found in overt 40 places in the four Nikayas9"

The footnote 9 says:
"For references see Gethin (1992), 355."

Could somebody look it up and tell me what he is referring to at this page, as I don't have the first edition of his Buddhist path to awakening (1992) ?
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Re: Gethin's writings on meditation, need some help

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sphairos wrote:Hi everyone!

Could somebody help me to clarify what R. Gethin is referring to in his article On the practice of Buddhist Meditation (2004), when he says:
"The Satipatthana Sutta takes the form of an exposition of a stock satipatthana formula that is found in overt 40 places in the four Nikayas9"

The footnote 9 says:
"For references see Gethin (1992), 355."

Could somebody look it up and tell me what he is referring to at this page, as I don't have the first edition of his Buddhist path to awakening (1992) ?
It is a list of textual references for the basic satipatthana forumal from the suttas and such.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/98642318/Rupe ... hamm%C4%81" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Gethin's writings on meditation, need some help

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tiltbillings wrote:It is a list of textual references for the basic satipatthana forumal from the suttas and such.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/98642318/Rupe ... hamm%C4%81" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks, tiltbillings,

Finally I got it :) I have a copy of the second edition, but I thought page numbers aren't the same.
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