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'''Mindfulness''' (Pali ''sati''; Skt. ''smṛti''; Tib. [[དྲན་པ་]], ''drenpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dran pa'') | '''Mindfulness''' (Pali ''sati''; Skt. ''smṛti''; Tib. [[དྲན་པ་]], ''drenpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''dran pa'') one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the [[Compendium of Abhidharma]], it belongs to the subgroup of the [[Five object-determining mental states]]. Mindfulness is the fifth antidote of the [[eight antidotes]] to the [[five faults]] in meditation practice. It’s the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus. | ||
*In terms of [[shamatha]] [[meditation]], you could say that mindfulness protects and maintains the 'remaining' or stillness (Tib. གནས་པ་, ''népa'') of mind, so you do not become distracted from it. | ==Definitions== | ||
In the [[Khenjuk]], [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says | |||
(Tib. དྲན་པ་ནི་འདྲིས་པའི་དོན་མི་བརྗེད་པ་མི་གཡེང་བའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།)<br/> | |||
*Mindfulness is not to forget a familiar object. Its function is to prevent distraction. ([[▷RIGPA]]) | |||
*Recollection means not forgetting a known object. Its function is to inhibit distraction. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | |||
In terms of [[shamatha]] [[meditation]], you could say that mindfulness protects and maintains the 'remaining' or stillness (Tib. གནས་པ་, ''népa'') of mind, so you do not become distracted from it. | |||
In the practice of maintaining [[discipline]], mindfulness is defined as "not forgetting what should be adopted and abandoned." | |||
==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
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==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha== | ==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha== | ||
*[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]], Paris, [[Rigpa centre, Levallois]], 23-24 May 2001, 'Mindfulness In Everyday Life' | *[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]], Paris, [[Rigpa centre, Levallois]], 23-24 May 2001, 'Mindfulness In Everyday Life' | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
Recollection ([[▷PKT]]) | |||
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Revision as of 09:22, 20 June 2016
Mindfulness (Pali sati; Skt. smṛti; Tib. དྲན་པ་, drenpa; Wyl. dran pa) one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the Five object-determining mental states. Mindfulness is the fifth antidote of the eight antidotes to the five faults in meditation practice. It’s the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says
(Tib. དྲན་པ་ནི་འདྲིས་པའི་དོན་མི་བརྗེད་པ་མི་གཡེང་བའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།)
- Mindfulness is not to forget a familiar object. Its function is to prevent distraction. (▷RIGPA)
- Recollection means not forgetting a known object. Its function is to inhibit distraction. (Erik Pema Kunsang)
In terms of shamatha meditation, you could say that mindfulness protects and maintains the 'remaining' or stillness (Tib. གནས་པ་, népa) of mind, so you do not become distracted from it.
In the practice of maintaining discipline, mindfulness is defined as "not forgetting what should be adopted and abandoned."
Subdivisions
In the Mahamudra teachings, there are said to be four kinds of mindfulness:
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- deliberate mindfulness (Tib. རྩོལ་བཅས་ཀྱི་དྲན་པ་, tsol ché kyi drenpa)
- effortless mindfulness (Tib. རྩོལ་མེད་ཀྱི་དྲན་པ་, tsol mé kyi drenpa)
- genuine mindfulness (Tib. ཡང་དག་པའི་དྲན་པ་, yangdakpé drenpa)
- supreme king-like mindfulness (Tib. དྲན་མཆོག་རྒྱལ་པོ་, dren chok gyalpo)
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Paris, Rigpa centre, Levallois, 23-24 May 2001, 'Mindfulness In Everyday Life'
Alternative Translations
Recollection (▷PKT)
