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What is the “history“ of mindfulness
In the context of the historical and doctrinal development of mindfulness, how did the concept of "sati" in early Buddhist texts evolve into the contemporary practice of mindfulness?
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Is mindfulness linked to prospective memory?
Recently, I came across a Scientific American article on prospective memory (PM). I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between PM and mindfulness as below:
Both have significant impact on our ...
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Is meditating and thus becoming "awake" right before sleeping good?
Pretty much as the title suggests: does it harm to meditate before sleeping? For me if I meditate seriously my mind is swept over with awakeness. as a consequence when I go to sleep I remain awake for ...
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Why does the mind (my mind) continue to deviate to past experiences at any point for no reason
For quite some time now, no matter what innocuous thing I do my mind can randomly wonder to some past experience for no reason at all other than a common bond between the memory and present action or ...
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How does mindfulness practice (sati) lead to jhana?
How does mindfulness lead to jhana? How does contemplating the four frames - body, mind, feelings, dhamma (phenomena) lead to jhana? Is mindfulness the first jhana (Vitarka-vicāra)?
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Thinking vs Talking in mind
Sometimes, I caught me on talking in mind. Sometimes my tongue moves according to it. Sometimes I talk to myself. This feels very fast and hard to control.
There also intuition like thinking. For a ...
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What to focus on in the practise of sati?
Recently, I started to be aware of my actions as stated in Sathipattana sutta.
Today, I was aware about my movements when I moving a object. And I placed it in a wrong place. This happened multiple ...
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Trying to find causes of everything
Is trying to find causes of everything not a good practise? Isn't having rational mind a good thing?
I know that the Lord Buddha advised us to not to think about beginning of life. Because it make us ...
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Does speed of body movements affect the calmness of mind?
Does speed of body movements affects the mind? Do we have to slow down our actions to have a better sati? It feels it does affects. But are there any sutta about this? How that works?
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Always analysing deeds: sati and samadhi
In daily Life, I always trying to focus on single good thought so no space for bad. When I did something, I tend to analyse it wether it is good or bad. It is deep most of the time because I am trying ...
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Difference between Yoniso Manasikāra and Sammā sati with Sampajaññā
I would like a clarification regarding the terms Yoniso Manasikāra and Sammā sati with Sampajaññā. Is the meaning of these two:
the same,
totally different,
somewhat similar with certain differences, ...
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nupassana or upassana?
A Wikipedia article about Sati uses the word "upassanā"
According to Grzegorz Polak, the four upassanā have been misunderstood by the developing Buddhist tradition, ...
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Is better sati cause to better memory?
Did Lord Buddha tell something about this ? (Relationship between sati and memory)
There was a monk in Buddha's time who is enlightened but didn't have a strong memory. To be enlightened, some has ...
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Sati • Yonisomanasikara
Dearest friends, seeking to clarify my fragmentary understanding of these matters, I would very much appreciate your comments on the distinction between Sati Mindfulness and Yonisomanasikara Attention ...
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What should I avoid to maintain sati?
To develop sati, we should meditate. So, what should I avoid to maintain sati?
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A person with almost zero sati vs A person with perfect sati
What are the characteristics of a person with zero sati and a person with higher level of sati ?
How does this level of sati affects day to day life ?
What does it really mean to have sati ?
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How come desire and sati causes sleepness?
I never felt asleep,When I am watching TV.But when I am studying or listening to Dhamma, sometimes I have felt asleep. What may be the cause of this ? But I can say, if I am falling asleep while ...
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Why work on one thing at a time?
Why work on one thing at a time according to the buddhism ? Did Lord Buddha advise us to do that ?
Are there any deep desires in multi-tasking ? (Like wanting to gain more in short amount of time)
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Simplest version of anapanasati
Anapanasati is usually described as "mindfulness of breathing" but I've seen a member of this site describing it as "mindfulness with breathing".
Sati or mindfulness (as seen in the parable of the ...
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What are the canonical definitions of common terms used in the context of satipaṭṭhāna from the Tripitaka or related literature
What are the canonical definitions of the following words (sati, sampajañña, appamada, atappa, manasikara, satipaṭṭhāna) from the Tipitaka, commentaries, sub commentaries, including primary, secondary ...
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What are the canonical definitions of vitarka-vicara in the Tripitaka or related literature
The quote below defines Vitarka-vicara as:
Ardency (atappa) + mindfulness (sati) => combines to make vitakka
Ardency (atappa) + alertness (sampajañña) => combines to make vicara
As Ajaan Lee, my ...
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Difference between sati and sampajanna
What is the difference between sati (mindfulness) and sampajañña (awareness, clear comprehension)?
Please provide examples.
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Is it true that arahants don't have sati?
A couple of months ago someone tried to convince me that arahants no longer have sati.
He said that sati is like a raft in the sense that it should be given up as soon as the goal, arahantship, has ...
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Is Mindfulness a poor translation for Sati?
Usually Sati is translated as Mindfulness, but according to the Wikipedia entry, Mindfulness is described as follows:
Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one's attention to ...
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Unclarity on Sati-Sampajañña
In one Sutta the Buddha said that one should constantly be mindful of the fact of anicca. In the Satipatthana Sutta he said that when one is dressing, eating, speaking etc. one should be aware that he ...
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Understanding Mindfulness through outwardly qualities
Is absent-mindedness, the opposite of Mindfulness? If someone forgets to buy grocery on the way home despite having planned, does it necessarily mean he is very less mindful?
Do these qualities ...
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What does sati mean?
This normally gets translated as mindfulness.
In particular, does it mean remembrance, as in to actively think using words about the past.
Or is it about thinking about the present, and not the ...
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