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Sati means to 'remember' (SN 48.10) or 'bring to & keep in mind' (MN 117). Sampajana is situational wisdom; the right or thorough understanding of or for a situation. Sampajana is from the ...

See SN 46.3 http://lucid24.org/sn/sn46/sn46-003/index.html sati-sambojjhanga remembers Dhamma-teaching, then thinks (vitakka) about that Dharma. Dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhnaga investigates that Dharma-...

From Khuddaka Nikaya's The Questions of King Milinda (translation mine): ‘Venerable Nagasena, what is the characteristic mark of vitakka*?’ ‘The characteristic mark of vitakka is "placing" (...

In line with what I said in my other answer, both are descriptions of self-awareness, of not getting carried away by the circumstances. This does not refer to "zombie bare awareness" executed ...

Mindfulness is not "awareness". Mindfulness is remembering, as follows: When one has heard the Dhamma from such bhikkhus one dwells withdrawn by way of two kinds of withdrawal—withdrawal of body ...

And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu exercise clear comprehension? Here, bhikkhus, for a bhikkhu feelings are understood as they arise, understood as they remain present, understood as they pass away. ...

Sati is often translated as "mindful of." So Ānāpānasati means: "mindfulness of in-and out-breathing" or "conscious of in-and-out breath" However, part of the act of doing this is partially somatic, ...