Samma Sati, aka: Right Memory, Right Remembrance, Right Mindfulness, Sammā-sati; 3 Definition(s)
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In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Right memory, right mindfulness; the seventh of the Eightfold Path, avoiding distracted and clouded state of mind, awareness and self possessed.Source: Buddhist Door: GlossaryRight Mindfulness is associated with becoming more attentive to our thoughts, emotions, feelings, speech, and behavior in meditation. Whatever we experience, we become more conscious of it and more attentive to it, so that we gain more insight into the workings of the mind and how the mind influences our actions in everyday life.
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Pali-English dictionary
1) Sammā, 2 (indecl.) (Vedic samyac (=samyak) & samīś “connected, in one”; see under saṃ°) thoroughly, properly, rightly; in the right way, as it ought to be, best, perfectly (opp. micchā) D. I, 12; Vin. I, 12; Sn. 359; 947; Dh. 89, 373. Usually as °-, like sammā-dhārā even or proper showers (i.e. at the right time) Pv. II, 970; especially in connection with constituents of the eightfold Aryan Path, where it is contrasted with micchā; see magga 2 a. (e.g. VbhA. 114 sq. , 121, 320 sq.). ‹-› The form sammā is reduced to samma° before short vowels (with the insertion of a sandhi —d-, cp. puna-deva), like samma-d-eva properly, in harmony or completeness D. I, 110; Vin. I, 9: PvA. 139, 157; samma-daññā & °akkhāta (see below); and before double consonants arisen from assimilation, like sammag-gata (=samyak+gata). The cpds. we shall divide into two groups, viz. (A) cpds. with samma°, (B) with sammā°.
A. —akkhāta well preached Dh. 86. —aññā perfect knowledge Vin. I, 183; S. I, 4; IV, 128; Dh. 57 (°vimutta, cp. DhA. I, 434); It. 38, 79, 93, 95, 108. —attha a proper or good thing or cause J. VI, 16. —ddasa having right views A. II, 18; S. IV, 205, 207; Sn. 733; It. 47, 61, 81; Kvu 339. —ggata (cp. BSk. samyaggata Divy 399) who has wandered rightly, perfect M. I, 66; who has attained the highest point, an Arahant D. I, 55; S. I, 76; A. I, 269; IV, 226; V, 265; J. III, 305; It. 87; Ap 218. Also sammāgata Vin. II, 20317. —ppajāna having right knowledge Dh. 20; It. 115. —ppaññā right knowledge, true wisdom Vin. I, 14; Dh. 57, 190; Sn. 143; It. 17; Miln. 39. —ppadhāna (cp. BSk. samyakprahāna Divy 208) right exertion Vin. I, 22; Dhs. 358; Dpvs 18, 5; they are four D. II, 120; M. III, 296; explained M. II, 11 (anuppannānaṃ pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ anuppādāya; uppannānaṃ pahānāya; anuppannānaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ uppādāya; uppannānaṃ ṭhitiyā).
B. —ājīva right living, right means of livelihood, right occupation Vin. I, 10; S. V, 421, etc.; formula D. II, 312; (adj.) living in the right way M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —kammanta right conduct, right behaviour Vin. I, 10; S. V, 421 etc.; definition D. II, 312; Dhs. 300; adj. behaving in the right way M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —ñāṇa right knowledge, enlightenment, results from right concentration D. II, 217; A. I, 292; adj. M. I, 42. —ñāṇin possessing the right insight A. II, 89, 222. —dassana right views Vism. 605. —diṭṭhi right views, right belief, the first stage of the noble eightfold path, consists in the knowledge of the four truths D. II, 311; its essence is knowledge Dhs. 20, 297, 317; cp. Vism. 509; comprises the knowledge of the absence of all permanent Being and the reality of universal conditioned Becoming S. II, 17; III, 135; and of the impermanence of the 5 Khandhas S. III, 51=IV. 142; and of Sīla, of causation and of the destruction of the Āsavas M. I, 46—55; how obtained M. I, 294; two degrees of M. III, 72; supremely important A. I, 30—2 292 sq.; (adj.) Miln. I, 47. —diṭṭhika having the right belief D. I, 139; A. II, 89; 220 sq.; III, 115, 138; IV, 290; V, 124 sq.; S. IV, 322. —dvayatānupassin duly considering both-i.e. misery with its origin, the destruction of misery with the path, respectively Sn. p. 140. —dhārā a heavy shower S. V, 379. —paṭipatti right mental disposition A. I, 69; Nett 27; Miln. 97; sammāpaṭipadā Pug. 49 sq.; DhA. IV, 127; sammāpaṭipanna rightly disposed, having the right view D. I, 8, 55; Pug. 49 sq. —passaṃ viewing the matter in the right way S. III, 51; IV, 142. —pāsa (Sk. śamyāprāsa, but BSk. śamyaprāśa Divy 634) a kind of sacrifice Sn. 303; A. II, 42; IV, 151; S. I, 76; It. 21; J. IV, 302; SnA 321. Cp. sammā1. —manasikāra right, careful, thought D. I, 13; DA. I, 104. —vattanā strict, proper, conduct Vin. I, 46, 50; II, 5. —vācā right speech Vin. I, 10; DA. I, 314; definition D. II, 312; Dhs. 299; (adj.) speaking properly M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —vāyāma right effort Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 13, 22, 302; definition D. II, 312; adj. M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —vimutta right emancipation A. I, 292; °vimutti the same D. II, 217; A. II, 196, 222; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —saṅkappa right resolve, right intention Dh. 12; Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 21, 298; definition D. II, 312; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —sati right memory, right mindfulness, self-possession Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 23, 303; definition D. II, 313; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. —samādhi right concentration, the last stage of the noble eightfold path Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 24, 304; definition D. II, 313; adj. M. I, 12; A. II, 89. —sampassaṃ having the right view S. IV, 142. —sambuddha perfectly enlightened, a universal Buddha Vin. I, 5; D. I, 49; Dh. 187; J. I, 44; DhA. I, 445; III, 241; VbhA. 436, etc. —sambodhi perfect enlightenment, supreme Buddhaship Vin. I, 11; D. II, 83; S. I, 68, etc. (Page 695)
2) Sammā, 1 (cp. Sk. śamyā) a pin of the yoke Abhp 449; a kind of sacrificial instrument SnA 321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen I. 36, and sammāpāsa, below. (Page 695)
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
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