{"product_id":"seeing-the-bodies-within-exploring-the-samma-araham-practice-of-theravada-buddhism-9781645473381","title":"Seeing the Bodies Within: Exploring the Samma Araham Practice of Theravada Buddhism","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth examination of the Samma Araham tradition, a distinctive Theravada Buddhist meditation system that emphasizes visualization, mantra, and the discovery of the spiritual bodies within us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscovered in a vision by the monk Luang Pho Sot Candasaro in 1916, Samma Araham is a thriving meditation tradition in its native Thailand, but little understood in the West. In this fascinating overview, Jak Cholvijarn weaves together Candasaro's life story, the historical context that shaped his influential teachings, and the enduring legacy of the Samma Araham meditation system that he established. Drawing on Candasaro's own writings and sermons, Cholvijarn presents the entire Samma Araham meditation system in all its intricate detail, demonstrating how the practice incorporates elements of both canonical Buddhist texts like the \u003ci\u003eSatipatthana Sutta\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the regional \u003ci\u003eboran kammatthana \u003c\/i\u003eor \"old meditation\" practices that once thrived in Southeast Asia. Detailed descriptions of the meditative journey into a series of eighteen \"inner bodies,\" each corresponding to different levels of Buddhist teaching reveal a colorful, mystical side of the Theravada tradition that has gone underappreciated in the age of mindfulness and insight meditation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645473381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Potprecha Cholvijarn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817795977397,"sku":"9781645473381","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9172386d-13cd-4164-b815-9fd4d4bd6eff.jpg?v=1759241812","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seeing-the-bodies-within-exploring-the-samma-araham-practice-of-theravada-buddhism-9781645473381","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}