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Satipatthana (Pali: Satipaṭṭhāna; Sanskrit: smṛtyupasthāna) is a central practice in the Buddha's teachings, meaning "the establishment of mindfulness" or "presence of mindfulness", or alternatively "foundations of mindfulness", aiding the development of a wholesome state of mind.
[7] [8] [9] According to Anālayo, the analysis of the term as sati-upaṭṭhāna, "presence of mindfulness," is a more etymologically correct derivation as upaṭṭhāna appears both throughout the Pali Canon and in the Sanskrit translation of this sutta; whereas the paṭṭhāna is only found in the Abhidhamma and post-nikaya Pali commentary.
The Buddhist term translated into English as "mindfulness," "to remember to observe," [4] originates in the Pali term sati and in its Sanskrit counterpart smṛti.According to Robert Sharf, the meaning of these terms has been the topic of extensive debate and discussion. [8]
The Digha Nikaya consists of 34 [1] discourses, broken into three groups: . Silakkhandha-vagga—The Division Concerning Morality (suttas 1-13); [1] named after a tract on monks' morality that occurs in each of its suttas (in theory; in practice it is not written out in full in all of them); in most of them it leads on to the jhānas (the main attainments of samatha meditation), the ...
sam- - a prefix meaning complete, full, highest; bojjh(i) < bodhi – an abstract noun formed from the verbal root *budh-(to awake, become aware, notice, know or understand) corresponding to the verbs bujjhati (Pāli) and bodhati or budhyate (Sanskrit); aṅga – a part of a whole; factor, cause. [4]
Sampajañña (Pāli; Skt.: saṃprajanya, samprajnata, Tib: shes bzhin) is a term of central importance for meditative practice in all Buddhist traditions.It refers to "The mental process by which one continuously monitors one's own body and mind.
The Pali–English Dictionary translates citta as heart or heart-mind, emphasizing it as more the passionate side of the mind, as opposed to manas as the intellect that grasps mental objects (dhamma). Citta is the object of meditation in the third part of Satipatthana, also called Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
The Hakka Bible: Today's Taiwan Hakka Version (TTHV), (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hak-ngî Sṳn-kîn: Hien-thoi Thòi-vân Hak-ngî Yi̍t-pún) is the most recent revised Hakka language translation of the Bible used by Hakka Protestants in Taiwan and overseas Hakka communities.