New Analayo Book

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Mindfully Facing Disease and Death, Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts by Ven. Analayo

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Any new book from Venerable Analayo is cause for rejoice.

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Thank you, Kamran. Ven. Analayo is a treasure.

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Mkoll wrote::bow:

Thank you, Kamran. Ven. Analayo is a treasure.
An excellent scholar and practitioner.
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Sadhu, I am astounded at the pace Venerable Analayo just keeps producing work tirelessly
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Has anyone read the book?
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I haven't read it, this book. But very soon going to read it.
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If he doesn't arrange for "freely-given" access, then it's not dhamma, or his efforts are defiled.
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cjmacie wrote:[...]
I imagine that he does not have the funding/publishing apparatus necessary to print and freely distribute his books, and since he's opted for a printed book vs. online PDF in this case, I imagine his hands are tied and he can no longer release the book's PDF for free distribution.

"As an act of Dhammadāna, Anālayo has waived royalty payments for this book."
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Nicolas wrote:...I imagine his hands are tied and he can no longer release the book's PDF for free distribution.
Aka "fettered" -- that's what I meant by "defiled".

Where there's a will, there's a way...
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cjmacie wrote:[...]
I imagine he made that choice thinking that the publication by Windhorse would reach more people than a free PDF.
Perhaps the waived royalties are going to a good cause?
It could be a good idea to email him to ask him, to get full understanding of the reasons why he chose that route.
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cjmacie wrote:If he doesn't arrange for "freely-given" access, then it's not dhamma, or his efforts are defiled.
The same could be said about Bodhi's translations then could it not?

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I've been reading the book.

It isn't what I hoped for from the impression I gained from the title and the way the book has been promoted.

I was hoping for explicit, specialized advice for coping with illness and death.

I haven't finished the book yet, but so far almost all of the sutta references go back to a sick/dying monk/lay adherent being advised to maintain mindfulness as a means of easing the suffering. What you would be doing anyway studying Buddhism.

I do think the book is worth it for the fresh translation, and a fresh translation from a different source. I also like the comparing of sutta versions between the Nikayas and Agamas. Analayo also has a nice writing style.
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Don't need to look for a more complex answer than observing/attending to the four frames of reference. It's a wonder but you can actually recover from your illness with these contemplations; this is not always possible. Yes, medicines, but some patients won't recover even if they get the best medicines or physical treatments. Equanimity is essential to endure anything painful, pain which the world has to offer everyone, regardless of age, ability, lifespan. Make a lot of merit so you have a mental protection because feeling arises independently of a self or anything pertaining to a self. Any reaction to physical suffering will yield mental suffering. The facts are not so tough if you understand.
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Understand contact, the arising of contact, the cessation of contact and the path leading to the cessation of contact. Name-and-form precedes contact, contact precedes feeling in the chain link of dependent origination. Apply your mind!
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