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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 254 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,531,708 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 148 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,811,219 ratings — published 2003
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,601,830 ratings — published 2003
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,405,931 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 87 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,868,870 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 80 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,212,938 ratings — published 2000
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.01 — 807,302 ratings — published 2003
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 75 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,860,613 ratings — published 2003
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,757,904 ratings — published 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,466,436 ratings — published 1997
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,465,799 ratings — published 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 65 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,517,029 ratings — published 1998
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,355,588 ratings — published 2001
The Last Juror (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.96 — 109,380 ratings — published 2004
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.87 — 256,047 ratings — published 2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.93 — 782,701 ratings — published 1999
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.81 — 276,323 ratings — published 1998
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,278,055 ratings — published 2004
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.12 — 289,648 ratings — published 2004
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,493 ratings — published 2003
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,166,154 ratings — published 1954
Digital Fortress (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.71 — 666,289 ratings — published 1998
Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, #10)
by (shelved 43 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.16 — 109,252 ratings — published 2004
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,507,919 ratings — published 2003
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,473,440 ratings — published 1937
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.04 — 664,682 ratings — published 2002
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,132,367 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,047,155 ratings — published 1955
The Lady and the Unicorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.71 — 47,581 ratings — published 2003
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,908,181 ratings — published 1951
Can You Keep a Secret? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.82 — 477,251 ratings — published 2003
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.66 — 140,654 ratings — published 2003
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,831,371 ratings — published 1813
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.03 — 572,288 ratings — published 1999
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 34 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.08 — 103,284 ratings — published 2004
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.01 — 268,840 ratings — published 2004
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, #6)
by (shelved 33 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.00 — 176,369 ratings — published 2004
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,846,617 ratings — published 1996
The Amateur Marriage (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.69 — 19,815 ratings — published 2004
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,945,607 ratings — published 1925
The Rule of Four (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.29 — 38,633 ratings — published 2004
The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.02 — 284,675 ratings — published 2003
The Jane Austen Book Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.10 — 71,156 ratings — published 2004
Bet Me (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.94 — 95,256 ratings — published 2004
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.29 — 190,432 ratings — published 2004
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,916,273 ratings — published 1960
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,209,450 ratings — published 1997
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 4.02 — 245,979 ratings — published 1999
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,025,209 ratings — published 1996
The King of Torts (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.73 — 91,050 ratings — published 2003
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati, "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna, with the u of the latter term dropped by vowel elision. The Pāli term upaṭṭhāna literally means "placing near", and in the present context refers to a particular way of "being present" and "attending" to something with mindfulness. In the discourses [of the Buddha], the corresponding verb upaṭṭhahati often denotes various nuances of "being present", or else "attending". Understood in this way, "satipaṭṭhāna" means that sati "stands by", in the sense of being present; sati is "ready at hand", in the sense of attending to the current situation. Satipaṭṭhāna can then be translated as "presence of mindfulness" or as "attending with mindfulness."
The commentaries, however, derive satipaṭṭhāna from the word "foundation" or "cause" (paṭṭhāna). This seems unlikely, since in the discourses contained in the Pāli canon the corresponding verb paṭṭhahati never occurs together with sati. Moreover, the noun paṭṭhāna is not found at all in the early discourses, but comes into use only in the historically later Abhidhamma and the commentaries. In contrast, the discourses frequently relate sati to the verb upaṭṭhahati, indicating that "presence" (upaṭṭhāna) is the etymologically correct derivation. In fact, the equivalent Sanskrit term is smṛtyupasthāna, which shows that upasthāna, or its Pāli equivalent upaṭṭhāna, is the correct choice for the compound.”
― Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization
The commentaries, however, derive satipaṭṭhāna from the word "foundation" or "cause" (paṭṭhāna). This seems unlikely, since in the discourses contained in the Pāli canon the corresponding verb paṭṭhahati never occurs together with sati. Moreover, the noun paṭṭhāna is not found at all in the early discourses, but comes into use only in the historically later Abhidhamma and the commentaries. In contrast, the discourses frequently relate sati to the verb upaṭṭhahati, indicating that "presence" (upaṭṭhāna) is the etymologically correct derivation. In fact, the equivalent Sanskrit term is smṛtyupasthāna, which shows that upasthāna, or its Pāli equivalent upaṭṭhāna, is the correct choice for the compound.”
― Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization
“Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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