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Ep. 55 – The Satipatthāna Sutta: The Direct Path to Freedom

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

The word Satipatana is usually translated as the foundations of mindfulness. It has been suggested that that's perhaps not exactly the right translation. A better one derived from Nepali would be attending with mindfulness, or abiding in mindfulness. The Pali word dukkha means the axle of the wheel not fitting well into its hole.

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