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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 [https://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 [https://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 [https://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.

The Pali language scholar [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Rhys_Davids Thomas William Rhys Davids] (1881) first [[translated]] sati as [[English]] mindfulness in sammā-sati "Right Mindfulness; the active, watchful [[mind]]".  Noting that Daniel John Gogerly (1845) initially rendered sammā-sati as "Correct [[meditation]]", Davids explained, "sati is [[literally]] '[[memory]]' but is used with [[reference]] to the constantly repeated phrase 'mindful and thoughtful' (sato sampagâno); and means that [[activity]] of [[mind]] and constant [[presence]] of mind which is one of the [[duties]] most frequently inculcated on the [[good]] Buddhist."

The Pali language scholar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Rhys_Davids Thomas William Rhys Davids] (1881) first [[translated]] sati as [[English]] mindfulness in sammā-sati "Right Mindfulness; the active, watchful [[mind]]".  Noting that Daniel John Gogerly (1845) initially rendered sammā-sati as "Correct [[meditation]]", Davids explained, "sati is [[literally]] '[[memory]]' but is used with [[reference]] to the constantly repeated phrase 'mindful and thoughtful' (sato sampagâno); and means that [[activity]] of [[mind]] and constant [[presence]] of mind which is one of the [[duties]] most frequently inculcated on the [[good]] Buddhist."

The [[English]] term mindfulness has been in use for centuries, long predating its use in the Buddhist [[context]]. The [[OED]] defines it as "The [[state]] or [[quality]] of being mindful; [[attention]]; regard", with obsolete [[meanings]] of "[[memory]]" and "[[intention]], [[purpose]]". This [[word]] was first recorded as myndfulness in 1530 (Palsgrave [[translates]] French pensee) , as mindfulnesse in 1561, and mindfulness in 1817. Morphologically earlier terms include mindful (first recorded in 1340), mindfully (1382), and the obsolete mindiness (ca. 1200).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_%28Buddhism%29]

The [[English]] term mindfulness has been in use for centuries, long predating its use in the Buddhist [[context]]. The [[OED]] defines it as "The [[state]] or [[quality]] of being mindful; [[attention]]; regard", with obsolete [[meanings]] of "[[memory]]" and "[[intention]], [[purpose]]". This [[word]] was first recorded as myndfulness in 1530 (Palsgrave [[translates]] French pensee) , as mindfulnesse in 1561, and mindfulness in 1817. Morphologically earlier terms include mindful (first recorded in 1340), mindfully (1382), and the obsolete mindiness (ca. 1200).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_%28Buddhism%29]

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