Mindfulness
Keeping the mind with what is happening right now without getting lost in it — the basis of all four satipaṭṭhānas.
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Appears in
- Citta, sati-sampajañña and dependent origination Abhidhamma · paṭiccasamuppāda (source version)
- The four satipaṭṭhānas Satipaṭṭhāna
- Interest, choice and not grasping — cetanā and chanda in the web of conditions Theravāda Abhidhamma · study record · cetanā, chanda & gotrabhū
- The Noble Eightfold Path & the eight limbs of yoga Bridge · Buddhism ↔ yoga (Patañjali)
- Intention and clear comprehension — satipaṭṭhāna and cetanā Satipaṭṭhāna · cetanā
Across all traditions
Passages where sati occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.
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Tipiṭaka · Dīgha Nikāya 22 Primary passage
Lasst es gut sein mit dem einen Jahr; jeder, der diese vier Arten der Achtsamkeitsmeditation auf diese Art sieben Monate lang entwickelt … sechs Monate … fünf Monate … vier Monate … drei Monate … zwei Monate … einen Monat … einen halben Monat … Lasst es gut sein mit dem halben Monat; jeder, der diese vier Arten der Achtsamkeitsmeditation auf diese Art sieben Tage lang entwickelt, kann eins von zwei Ergebnissen erwarten: Erleuchtung in eben diesem Leben oder, wenn ein Rest da ist, Nichtwiederkehr. ‚Das ist der Pfad zur Vereinigung, um die Wesen zu läutern, Kummer und Weinen zu überwinden, Schmerz und Traurigkeit vergehen zu lassen, das System zu entdecken und das Erlöschen zu verwirklichen …
Show the original (Pāli)
diṭṭheva dhamme aññā; sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā. Tiṭṭhantu, bhikkhave, sattavassāni. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne evaṁ bhāveyya cha vassāni …pe… pañca vassāni … cattāri vassāni … tīṇi vassāni … dve vassāni … ekaṁ vassaṁ … tiṭṭhatu, bhikkhave, ekaṁ vassaṁ. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne evaṁ bhāveyya sattamāsāni, tassa dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme aññā; sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā. Tiṭṭhantu, bhikkhave, satta māsāni. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne evaṁ bhāveyya cha māsāni …pe… pañca māsāni … cattāri māsāni … tīṇi māsāni … dve māsāni … ekaṁ māsaṁ … aḍḍhamāsaṁ … tiṭṭhatu, bhikkhave, aḍḍhamāso.
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Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli
tattha satisambojjhaṅge tāva saraṇaṭṭhena sati | sā panesā upaṭṭhānalakkhaṇā, apilāpanalakkhaṇā vā| vuttampi hetaṃ ‘‘yathā, mahārāja, rañño bhaṇḍāgāriko rañño sāpateyyaṃ apilāpeti, ettakaṃ, mahārāja, hiraññaṃ, ettakaṃ suvaṇṇaṃ, ettakaṃ sāpateyyanti, evameva kho, mahārāja , sati uppajjamānā kusalākusalasāvajjānavajjahīnapaṇītakaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāge dhamme apilāpeti| ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā’’ti (mi. pa.
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Āyurveda · Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasūtra · Sanskrit
vāk-svara-smṛti-medhā-kṛd dhanyaṃ brāhmī-ghṛtaṃ smṛtam | varā-viśālā-bhadrailā-devadārv-elavālukaiḥ || 26 ||
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Kangyur · The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines · English
oṃ prajñā śruti smṛti vijaye dhīḥ dhāraṇīye svāhā | This dhāraṇī translates as “ oṃ . To the wisdom that is heard, contemplated, and victorious. dhiḥ . To that which is to be upheld. May auspiciousness abound.”
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Tipiṭaka · mil3.1.13 · English
“Sati, mahārāja, uppajjamānā kusalākusalasāvajjānavajjahīnappaṇītakaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgadhamme apilāpeti ‘ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā, ime cattāro sammappadhānā, ime cattāro iddhipādā, imāni pañcindriyāni, imāni pañca balāni, ime satta bojjhaṅgā, ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, ayaṁ samatho, ayaṁ vipassanā, ayaṁ vijjā, ayaṁ vimuttī’ti.
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