The Mātikās:
Memorization, Mindfulness and the List

By Rupert Gethin

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24 pages

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

About: Early Indian Buddhism The Early Buddhist Texts The Pāli Canon Theravāda 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.

Bibtex Data

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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},
    ranking={rank4},
    url={https://www.academia.edu/24132029/The_M%C4%81tik%C4%81s_Memorization_Mindfulness_and_the_List}
}

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