For the first eight weeks of 2025, we're using Thursdays to explore one of the ground meditation texts of
Buddhism, the Satipatthana Sutta.
This is the core text from the first collections of the Buddha's teachings (the Pali Canon) which, in its own words, describes how meditation can be the direct path for the 'overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, the end of physical and emotional pain', in other words, the path to Nirvana.
It's a long text, and Pali literature is full of extensive repetition. So I'm attaching a variety of translations here.
And Bikku Bodhi's translation is the one we will be using most:
You can download it here:
@rachelrawlins also pointed me to this beautiful translation (abbreviated) by Thich Nhat Hanh:
This is Ajahn Thannissaro's translation (from Access to Insight):
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.010.than.html
And this is the Jotikka / Dammaninda translation:
And here is the link to Ajahn Amaro's discussion of the text:
