The Mātikās

Memorization, Mindfulness and the List

By Rupert Gethin

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We may begin with one simple list, but the structure of early Buddhist thought and literature dictates that we end up with an intricate pattern of lists within lists

Indian Buddhism The Early Buddhist Texts The Pāli Canon Theravāda Buddhism Buddhist Philosophy

Published in 1992 in “In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism” (Janet Gyatso ed.) by SUNY Press, Albany.

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    title={{T}he {M}ātikās: {M}emorization, {M}indfulness and the {L}ist},
    author={Rupert Gethin},
    booktitle={In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism},
    editor={Janet Gyatso},
    publisher={SUNY Press},
    address={Albany},
    year=1992,
    pages={149--172},
    keywords={indian, ebts, pali-canon, abhidhamma, theravada, philosophy, pedagogy},
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    url={https://www.academia.edu/24132029/The_M%C4%81tik%C4%81s_Memorization_Mindfulness_and_the_List}
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