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Mindfulness (Buddhism)
- BuddhānusmṛtiThe term Buddhānusmriti appears in numerous Buddhist sources, including the Pali Nikayas where it is described as a practice leading all the way to nirvana.
- AnapanasatiA Buddha statue sits in quiet meditation, hands resting gently on its lap. This image represents the practice known as anāpānasati, meaning mindfulness of…
- Thích Nhất HạnhNguyễn Xuân Bảo was born on the 11th of October 1926 in Huế, the ancient capital of central Vietnam. He belonged to the 15th generation of the Nguyễn Đình…
- SatipatthanaThe word satipatthana appears in the Pali Canon as a compound term that scholars have parsed in two distinct ways. One parsing reads it as presence of…
- Samatha-vipassanāThe Sanskrit word śamatha translates to tranquility, calm, or quietude of the heart. In Pali, samatha carries the same meaning of serenity and mental…
- Sati (Buddhism)In 1881, Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated the Pali term sati into English as mindfulness. This translation appeared in his work Buddhist Suttas…