Nyanaponika Thera

The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

a man sitting in a lotus position

This is a classic text on the essence of Buddhist meditation. It is an excellent, indepth description of mindfulness practice and its benefits.

It includes a concise explanation of clear comprehension, which is the kind of mindfulness you use in the course of your daily life. It also presents an easily understandable explanation of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.


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About Nyanaponika Thera

Nyanaponika Thera (Siegmund Feniger) was born on July 21, 1901, in Hanau, Germany. He came into contact with Buddhism early in his youth and left for Sri Lanka in 1936, where he was ordained as a novice and a year later as a monk by the famous German monk Nyanatiloka.

Interned in camps like Dehra Dun’s in India, he worked intensively during the war years on translations of Pāli texts. Not only as author of the now classic The Heart of Buddhist Meditation and of many other books and translations, but also as cofounder in 1958, editor, and president of the Buddhist Publication Society he made a great contribution to the international dissemination of the Theravada teachings. He died on October 19, 1994 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

You yourselves must strive, the Buddhas only point the way

Buddha, Dhp 276