Bhikkhu Analayo

Bhikkhu Anālayo is a scholar-monk and the author of numerous books on meditation and early Buddhism. He is the co-founder of the Āgama Research Group (Taiwan), a faculty member at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in the US, and formerly of the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg. He has taught many courses on Buddhist meditation. Bhikkhu Anālayo lives a secluded lifestyle, spending much of his time on retreat.

Bhikkhu Anālayo is the author of the bestselling Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization (2003), Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna (2014), Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation (2015),  Mindfulness in Early Buddhism and the Nautilus Award-winning Mindfully Facing Disease and Death (2016),  A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha (2017), Mindfulness of Breathing (2019), and Introducing Mindfulness (2020).