Suggestions, Comments and Feedback for the Study Group

[Samvega]

Hello all,

I've currently begun reading Analayo's seminal work Satipatthana: The direct path to realization

I realized quickly after having so many 'ah ha!' moments that I needed somebody that I could discuss it with. I haven't been able to generate much interest locally for a book study group, but perhaps I could host one on Dhammawheel. Would it be possible to start a book study for this book on the forum? I would be glad to host it and set the "due dates".

[Beneath the Wheel]

What timing - I just got that same book myself, and I would love to have some folks to go through it with. I don't feel like I'll be able to fully appreciate it on my own.

Consider me very interested.

[mikenz66]

Hi Samvega,

Thank you very much for the suggestion and offer. I'm not certain if this forum, or the meditation forum, is the best place for such a discussion. However, since this forum is called "Study Group", not "Sutta Study Group" we might as well get started here and we could always move it if it seemed that somewhere else was more appropriate. It would be great if you could try to think out some structured way of approaching it, and give some guidance. An obvious approach would be to discuss it chapter by chapter.

I would advise not being in too much of a rush. Looking at each chapter over a couple of weeks would be the sort of speed I'd recommend. That would give interested readers time to think, and locate references.

Something useful you (and others) could do would be to locate on-line versions of the footnotes as we go through, and give links and extracts.
Many suttas, the Satipatthana Commentary http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... wayof.html and the Visuddhimagga, are on http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ and http://www.suttacentral.net/ can be really helpful because it links not only A2I, but also MettaNet http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/index.html and some on-line BPS publications: http://www.bps.lk/onlinelibrary_wheels.asp#trans


Mike

[octathlon]

I recently got this book and haven't started on it yet, so I would be interested in following along with you, although I may not be able to contribute much.

[Ytrog]

I have a small question: how best to study a Sutta posted here? I was trying recently and I realized I was completely wrong in my interpretation here.