Sampajanna, Sampajañña: 6 definitions
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Sampajanna means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Access to Insight: A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist TermsAlertness; self awareness; presence of mind; clear comprehension. See sati.Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryF Contemplation of all physical and mental phenomena in order to know them vividly.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesclear c.: s. sampajañña. - c. in insight, s. sammasana. - As an alternative tr. for full understanding, s. pariññā.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines'clarity of consciousness', clear comprehension. This term is frequently met with in combination with mindfulness (sati). In D. 22, M. 10 it is said: "Clearly conscious is he in going and coming, clearly conscious in looking forward and backward, clearly conscious in bending and stretching his body; clearly conscious in eating, drinking, chewing and tasting, clearly conscious in discharging excrement and urine; clearly conscious in walking, standing, sitting, falling asleep and awakening; clearly conscious in speaking and keeping silent." - For a definition of the term sati-sampajañña, s. Pug. 86.
According to the Com., 'clarity of consciousness' is of 4 kinds: regarding the purpose, the suitability, (inclusion in the meditative) domain, and the undeluded conception of the activity concerned. Explained in detail in Com. to Satipatthāna Sutta. (tr. in The Way of Mindfulness, by Soma Thera; BPS).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysampajañña : (nt.) discrimination; comprehension.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySampajañña, (nt.) (fr. sampajāna, i.e. *sampajānya) attention, consideration, discrimination, comprehension, circumspection A. I, 13 sq.; II, 93; III, 307; IV, 320; V, 98 sq.; S. III, 169; D. III, 213 (sati+samp. opp. to muṭṭha-sacca+ asampajañña), 273. Description of it in detail at DA. I, 183 sq. =VbhA. 347 sq. , where given as fourfold, viz. sātthaka°, sappāya°, gocara°, asammoha°, with examples. Often combined with sati, with which almost synonymous, e.g. at D. I, 63; A. I, 43; II, 44 sq.; V, 115, 118. (Page 690)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Satisampajanna, Gocarasampajanna, Asammohasampajanna, Clarity Of Consciousness, Asampajanna, Shati, Samadhi, Progress Of The Disciple, Vijja.
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