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Well this is the fifth talk in the series on the Saty Patana Suta, the

Buddha's comprehensive teaching on the practice of mindfulness. the from a really excellent book called Satipitana the direct path to realization by the venerable

Analayo, a German monk who practiced and studied in Sri Lanka.

Before moving on to the next line or lines of the discourse,

thought I would just give a brief overview of some of the main points which

we've covered already.

The Suita opens with the Buddha's very powerful declaration that the four Sati Patanas are the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and

lamentation, for the

realtanement of Dukah and discontent,

for the attainment of the true way, for the realization of Nibana.

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