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'''Mindfulness''' (Pali: sati, [[Sanskrit]]: smṛti) plays a [[central]] role in the [[teaching]] of [[Buddhist]] [[meditation]] where it is affirmed that "correct" or "right" mindfulness (Pali: sammā-sati, Sanskrit samyak-smṛti) is the critical factor in the path to [[liberation]] and subsequent [[enlightenment]].

'''Mindfulness''' (Pali: sati, [[Sanskrit]]: smṛti) plays a [[central]] role in the [[teaching]] of [[Buddhist]] [[meditation]] where it is affirmed that "correct" or "right" mindfulness (Pali: sammā-sati, Sanskrit samyak-smṛti) is the critical factor in the path to [[liberation]] and subsequent [[enlightenment]].

Described as a calm [[awareness]] of one's [[body]] [[functions]], [[feelings]], [[content]] of [[consciousness]], or consciousness itself, it is the seventh element of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path Noble Eightfold Path], the [[practice]] of which supports [[analysis]] resulting in the [[development]] of [[discernment]] (Pali: paññā, Sanskrit: prajñā). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana_Sutta Satipatthana Sutta] ([[Sanskrit]]: Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra) is one of the foremost early [[texts]] dealing with mindfulness. A key innovative teaching of the [[Buddha]] was that meditative stabilisation must be combined with a liberating [[cognition]].

Described as a calm [[awareness]] of one's [[body]] [[functions]], [[feelings]], [[content]] of [[consciousness]], or consciousness itself, it is the seventh element of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path Noble Eightfold Path], the [[practice]] of which supports [[analysis]] resulting in the [[development]] of [[discernment]] (Pali: paññā, Sanskrit: prajñā). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana_Sutta Satipatthana Sutta] ([[Sanskrit]]: Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra) is one of the foremost early [[texts]] dealing with mindfulness. A key innovative teaching of the [[Buddha]] was that meditative stabilisation must be combined with a liberating [[cognition]].

Mindfulness [[practice]], inherited from the [[Buddhist]] [[tradition]], is increasingly being employed in Western [[psychology]] to alleviate a variety of mental and [[physical]] conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder and [[anxiety]] and in the prevention of relapse in [[depression]] and drug [[addiction]].[2] See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_(psychology) Mindfulness (psychology)].

Mindfulness [[practice]], inherited from the [[Buddhist]] [[tradition]], is increasingly being employed in Western [[psychology]] to alleviate a variety of mental and [[physical]] conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder and [[anxiety]] and in the prevention of relapse in [[depression]] and drug [[addiction]].[2] See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_(psychology) Mindfulness (psychology)].

The [[Buddhist]] term translated into [[English]] as "mindfulness" originates in the Pali term sati and its Sanskrit counterpart smṛti. The latter was translated into Tibetan as trenpa (wylie: dran pa) and Chinese as nian 念.

The [[Buddhist]] term translated into [[English]] as "mindfulness" originates in the Pali term sati and its Sanskrit counterpart smṛti. The latter was translated into Tibetan as trenpa (wylie: dran pa) and Chinese as nian 念.