From the Buddhist meditator and scholar, Bhikkhu An layo, this is a thorough-going guide to the early Buddhist teachings on Satipatthana, the foundations of mindfulness, following on from his two best-selling books, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization and Perspectives on Satipatthana. With mindfulness being so widely taught, there is a need for a clear-sighted and experience-based guide. Analayo provides it. About the Author: An layo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele. He teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. His works include Satipatth na: The Direct Path to Realization (2003), Perspectives on Satipatth na (2014), Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation (2015), Mindfully Facing Disease and Death (2016), and A Meditator's Life of the Buddha (2017).