Mindfulness

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Mindfulness	(skt.: smrti; tib.: dren pa) Sometimes also translated as recollection. It is mental factor which holds an object in mind and does not lose it. As Arya Asanga said in his Compendium of Knowledge: What is mindfulness? In regard to a familiar object, your mind is not forgetful and operates without distraction. Vasubandhus Commentary on the Ornament for the Mahayana Sutra also states: Mindfulness and introspection bring about close mental focus because the former prevents your attention from wandering from the object of meditation and the latter clearly recognizes that your attention is wandering.

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Definition

(skt.: smrti; tib.: dren pa) Sometimes also translated as recollection. It is mental factor which holds an object in mind and does not lose it. As Arya Asanga said in his Compendium of Knowledge: What is mindfulness? In regard to a familiar object, your mind is not forgetful and operates without distraction.

Vasubandhus Commentary on the Ornament for the Mahayana Sutra also states: Mindfulness and introspection bring about close mental focus because the former prevents your attention from wandering from the object of meditation and the latter clearly recognizes that your attention is wandering.

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Words of Wisdom

"Like me, the countless living beings have been wandering in cyclic existence. Many times they have been a parent to me and shone radiant kindness upon me. How unworthy not to respond to their sorrow. For the sake of all living beings we must strive in the practices bringing Enlightenment."

- 1st Dalai Lama