Living with Awareness outlines the transformative power of mindfulness in daily life. In this commentary on the Satipatthana Sutta, Sangharakshita reconnects mindfulness to the core Buddhist concepts of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, highlighting how it can reduce suffering and cultivate wisdom, compassion, and peace. He offers practical advice for integrating awareness into all aspects of life, helping practitioners develop a deeper understanding of impermanence and interconnectedness. The book emphasizes that awareness is not just a meditation practice but a way of living, deeply engaging with our thoughts, emotions, and actions. Ultimately, the practices outlined in this book encourages living with full presence, fostering personal growth, and creating more harmonious relationships with others.
Introduction to the Classic Sangharakshita Series v
Sources and Publication History viii
1 Beginning 1
2 Remembering 9
3 Goal-setting 14
4 Breathing 30
5 Living 47
6 Looking 61
7 Getting Down to the Essentials 73
8 Dying 85
9 Feeling 97
10 Understanding 112
11 Reflecting 123
12 Analysing 139
13 Interlude: On Further Reflection 154
14 Sensing 167
15 Enlightening 185
16 Suffering, and Ceasing to Suffer 207
17 Concluding 222
Notes and References 230
Index 239
Sangharakshita (1925-2018) was a Buddhist teacher who spent twenty years in India before returning to the United Kingdom and founding the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (originally the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). He was an important translator of Buddhism into western culture in the latter half of the 20th century.
Born in London as Dennis Lingwood, he became a Buddhist monk in India in 1949. He studied with Buddhist teachers from Theravada and Tibetan traditions, and spent several months each year teaching the dalit Buddhist followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. In 1964 he returned to the UK and established the FWBO (now Triratna) in 1967, drawing on the riches of the entire Buddhist universe, as well as helpful aspects of Western cultural traditions.
Sangharakshita was a prolific author, from his first major work A Survey of Buddhism (1957), to edited lectures and seminars, to a series of memoirs of his time in India and the West. His Complete Works have now been published in 27 volumes by Windhorse Publications. The Triratna Buddhist Order and Community is now a thriving worldwide movement, in which his teachings continue to inspire practitioners new and old.
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