Re: Mahaasatipa.t.thaanasutta.m

Bhante,

Bhante Sujato wrote:

> I have done extensive research on this point and have come to
> exactly the opposite conclusion (so there you go!). The word 'eka'
> in meditation contexts always means 'ekaggataa' or 'ekodibhuuta',
> that is, jhana or samaadhi. Since satipatthana is
> the 'samaadhinimitta', i.e., the cause or basis of samaadhi, i think
> ekaayana means that the purpose, or at least one central purpose, of
> satipatthana is to get into jhana. There are several suttas in the
> Satipatthana samyutta that emphasize this aspect of satipatthana,
> using these kinds of terms.

Considering what you have said here and written in History of Mindfulness, I think a
good translation of ekaayano maggo would be "the direct way to the one," which I have
used for the Sutta Discovery vol 13 (dedicated to the Satipatthana Suttas and your
reconstruction).

Namakkara.m

Piya