Bhikkhu Anālayo was born in Germany in 1962, and became a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in 1995. He is best known for his comparative studies of Early Buddhist Texts as preserved by the various early Buddhist traditions and completed a PhD thesis on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta at the University of Peradeniya in 2000, which was later published as Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization.
Central to Bhikkhu Anālayo’s academic activity remain theoretical and practical aspects of meditation. He has published several articles on insight and concentration meditation and related contemporary meditation traditions to their textual sources.
