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This volume is a collection of articles dedicated to Professor Corrado Pensa to mark his 80th birthday. Prof. Corrado Pensa was a well-known scholar at La Sapienza University, Rome, interested principally in the Early Buddhist tradition, before becoming a psychotherapist and prominent Dharma teacher in the U.S.A and Italy, and founder of the Associazione per la Meditazione di Consapevolezza (A. Me. Co) in Italy. He is an internationally well-known figure involved in the spread, understanding, and practice of Buddhism in Europe and the United States of America.

The contributing articles are by Corrado Pensa’s colleagues, former students who have become international scholars, and well-known international Dharma teachers. The book is divided in two parts: research articles and essays by meditation teachers. The central theme is the teaching of awareness (Pāli sati, Sanskrit smr̥ti) in Buddhism and indeed in other related traditions. This theme will be approached from different perspectives: philosophical, philological, exegetic, anthropological, and as an aspect of meditative practice.

Published: Mar 15, 2024

Book Contributors

• Editor - Francesco Sferra (fsferra@unior.it - fsferra) 'Univeristà degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale'
• Editor - Chiara Neri (chianeri@tiscali.it - cneri) 'University of Cagliari'
• Author - Bhikkhu Analayo (analayo@bodhimonastery.net - analayo) 'Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg'
• Author - Giuliano Giustarini (giulianogiustarini@gmail.com - ggiustarini) 'Mahidol University'
• Author - Chiara Letizia (letizia.chiara@uqam.ca - cletizia) 'Université du Québec à Montréal'
• Author - Bruno Lo Turco (bruno.loturco@uniroma1.it - bloturco6110) 'La Sapienza University of Roma'
• Author - Filippo Marsili (filippo.marsili@slu.edu - fmarsili) 'Saint Louis University'
• Author - Marta Sernesi (marta.sernesi@ephe.psl.eu - msernesi) 'University of Oxford'
• Author - Christina Feldman (cfeldman@talktalk.net - cfeldman) 'Meditation Teacher'
• Author - Larry Rosenberg (larry@buddho.net - lrosenberg) 'MeditationTeacher'
• Author - Andrea Schnoller (padreandrea@bluewin.ch - aschnoller) 'Meditation Teacher'
• Author - Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā (dhammadinnaa@gmail.com - bdhammadinnā3546) 'Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, Taiwan'

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Section	Chapter	Authors
Preface
	Corrado Pensa and the Buddhist Tradition in Europe and USA: A Biographical and Bibliography Note	Francesco Sferra, Chiara Neri
Chapter 1
	TBD	Francesco Sferra
Chapter 2
	The Teaching of Awareness (sati) in Corrado Pensa’s Thought	Chiara Neri
Chapter 3
	The Meditative Cultivation of Joy	Bhikkhu Analayo
Chapter 4
	Pariyogāhaṇa in the Epistemology of the Paṭisambhidāmagga: An Immersion into Reality	Giuliano Giustarini
Chapter 5
	Buddhist Awareness as a Means to Unveil the Past and Emancipate the Future: The Buddhist Awareness Camps Project in post-1990 Nepal	Chiara Letizia
Chapter 6
	An Unshakeable Awareness: The ‘Liberation while Living’ According to the Moksopāya	Bruno Lo Turco
Chapter 7
	Framing the Other: Mindfulness, Photography, and Comparative Religions	Filippo Marsili
Chapter 8
	A Joyful Song Celebrating Buddhist Practice	Marta Sernesi

Reviews

A welcome contribution to Buddhist Studies. The main part of this book is dedicated to the scholarly output of Professor Corrado Pensa's former students whereas the last section consists of essays from contemporary meditation teachers. A valuable aspect of this book is thus the integration of two aspects of the Buddhist tradition, i.e., theory and practice.
Dr Tamara Ditrich, University of Sydney and University of Ljubljana

Presents a highly interesting and original collection of articles on a variety of specific topics related to awareness.
Dr Cristina Pecchia, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences