SN 47.2 defines 'sati' (mindfulness) as doing this all the time (24/7 samādhi):
| He lives continuously seeing the body as a body [as it truly is]. | kāye kāyā-(a)nu-passī viharati | |
| He lives continuously seeing sensations as sensations [as it truly is]. | vedanāsu vedanā-(a)nu-passī viharati | |
| He lives continuously seeing a mind as a mind [as it truly is]. | citte cittā-(a)nu-passī viharati | |
| He lives continuously seeing ☸Dharma as ☸Dharma [as it truly is]. | dhammesu dhammā-(a)nu-passī viharati | |
| [in each of the 4 ways of remembering]: | (… elided refrain from each way…) | |
| he is ardent 🏹, he has lucid discerning 👁, he remembers 🐘 [to apply relevant ☸Dharma]. | ātāpī sampajāno satimā, |
| he should remove greed and distress regarding the world. | vineyya loke abhijjhā-do-manassaṃ; |
+Sammā Sati 🐘
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+disambiguation
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+see sati for more detail
The generally accepted idea at the time of this writing, which is wrong,
is that sati means very different things in different contexts in the suttas.
+Sati is memory
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The elephant never forgets.
sati = remembering = two way memory access, memorization + recollection (SN 48.9 sati-indriya).
SMRTI = You (S)uppose to (M)emorize and (R)ecollect (T)errific (I)deas.
SATI = You (S)uppose to (A)ctualize (T)errific (I)deas
☸Dhamma = those (t)errific (i)deas.
+ sati remembers ☸Dhamma. Always.
Meaning of the cryptic 4sp🐘 formula
He abides, continuously seeing the body as a body, [as it actually is, according to reality]...
He abides, continuously seeing the experienced-sensations as experienced-sensations, [as it actually is, according to reality]...
He abides, continuously seeing the mind as mind, [as it actually is, according to reality]...
He abides, continuously seeing the ☸Dhamma as ☸Dhamma, [as it actually is, according to reality]...
+S&S🐘💭 sati & sam-pajāno, remembering & lucid-discerning
S&S🐘💭 is as ubiquitous as a peanut-butter-&-jelly 🥜🍓🥪 sandwich.
Whenever you see the word 'sati' in isolation in the EBT,
what it usually means is S&S at the minimum,
or the entire 7sb☀️ headed by sati-sambojjhanga is implied.
S&S🐘💭 = Insight: In EBT, S&S performs the role of insight.
S&S is explicitly stated in third jhāna.
There is no "access concentration" (upacāra samādhi) in EBT.
V&V💭: vitakka & vicāra: directed-thought & evaluation:
In first jhāna, V&V is essentially a coarser form of S&S.
+There is no time out or off-switch for sammā-sati
”Sati” should be “always on”: or you will be in grave danger.
+4 – Sammā Sati ≡ 4sp🐘 sati'paṭṭhāna
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And most of the time in the suttas, when it’s a Buddhist context,
just the bare term ‘sati’ = Sammā Sati 🐘 ≡ 4sp🐘
4.1 – 4sp#1: Kāye kāya anu-passana
see only 1 way 8.7.1 – 4sp1
4.2 – 4sp#2: Vedana-anupassana
4.3 – 4sp#3: citta-anupassana
4.4 – 4sp#4: Dhamma-anupassana
+10 – misc.
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+10.1 – suttas focusing on sati
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+10.2 – samādhi nimittas: Meditation subjects for 4sp🐘 → 7sb☀️
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+One ☸Dharma: The EBT meditation crown jewel
+3 – eka-☸Dhammo sati rememberings that lead to virāga...nirvana (AN 1.296)
1. 16🌬️😤: in-breath (&) out-breath remembering,
2. maraṇa-s-sati 💀: death remembering
3. kāya-gatā-sati 🏃: body-immersed-remembering
+4 – core meditations
(see 4 core meditations)
1) asubha 🧟 → remove lust and passion
2) metta ☮️ → remove ill will
3) 16 APS 🌬️😤 → remove vitakka/thinking
4) a-nicca-sañña ⌛💭 → uproot pride, conceit, self
+6 – anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.29: 6 recollection foundations
(1. STED Jhānas 1-3 for diṭṭha-dhamma-sukha-vihārāya)
(2. STED smd-asnd: āloka-saññaṃ leads to ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya )
(3. STED 31asb: 31 non-beautiful body parts for removal of kāma-rāga)
(4. STED 9siv: stages of corpse decay, for removal of self and conceit Asmi-māna-samugghātāya)
(5. STED 4th jhāna for aneka-dhātu-paṭi-vedhāya)
(6. rememberful activities for sati and sampajāno)
+6 – more anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.10
(1. Buddh-ānu-s-sati)
(2. Dhamm-ānu-s-sati)
(3. Saṅgh-ānu-s-sati)
(4. Sīl-ānu-s-sati)
(5. Cāg-ānu-s-sati)
(6. Devat-ānu-s-sati)
+20 – meditation subjects fed into 7sb☀️ engine
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+Ānāpāna Vagga 7
+Nirodha Vagga 8
SN 46.69 Paṭikkūla: 🍲💩 loathesome: āhāre paṭikūla-saññā, food repulsiveness-perception
SN 46.70 Sabba-loke: 🌐😞 entire world: Sabba-loke an-abhi-rati-saññā, The-entire-world; non-delight-(in that)-perception
SN 46.71 A-nicca: ⏳ im-permanence (perception)
SN 46.72 Dukkha ⏳→💩: pain-&-suffering: A-nicce dukkha-saññā, (the)-im-permanent (as) pain-&-suffering-perception
SN 46.73 An-atta: 💩→🚫🏃 not-self: dukkhe an-atta-saññā, pain-&-suffering (as) not-self-perception
SN 46.74 Pahāna: abandonment (perception/sañña)
SN 46.75 Vi-rāga: 🚫💑 dis-passion (perception/sañña)
SN 46.76 Nirodha: cesssation (perception/sañña)
+10.42 – 42 EBT Meditation subjects
Explore the 42 in more detail, and additional nimittas
❧
+S&S🐘💭 sati & sam-pajāno, remembering & lucid-discerning
S&S🐘💭 is as ubiquitous as a peanut-butter-&-jelly 🥜🍓🥪 sandwich.
Whenever you see the word 'sati' in isolation in the EBT,
what it usually means is S&S at the minimum,
or the entire 7sb☀️ headed by sati-sambojjhanga is implied.
S&S🐘💭 = Insight: In EBT, S&S performs the role of insight.
S&S is explicitly stated in third jhāna.
There is no "access concentration" (upacāra samādhi) in EBT.
V&V💭: vitakka & vicāra: directed-thought & evaluation:
In first jhāna, V&V is essentially a coarser form of S&S.
+There is no time out or off-switch for sammā-sati
”Sati” should be “always on”: or you will be in grave danger.
+4 – Sammā Sati ≡ 4sp🐘 sati'paṭṭhāna
all
And most of the time in the suttas, when it’s a Buddhist context,
just the bare term ‘sati’ = Sammā Sati 🐘 ≡ 4sp🐘
4.1 – 4sp#1: Kāye kāya anu-passana
see only 1 way 8.7.1 – 4sp1
4.2 – 4sp#2: Vedana-anupassana
4.3 – 4sp#3: citta-anupassana
4.4 – 4sp#4: Dhamma-anupassana
+10 – misc.
all
+10.1 – suttas focusing on sati
all
+10.2 – samādhi nimittas: Meditation subjects for 4sp🐘 → 7sb☀️
all
+One ☸Dharma: The EBT meditation crown jewel
+3 – eka-☸Dhammo sati rememberings that lead to virāga...nirvana (AN 1.296)
1. 16🌬️😤: in-breath (&) out-breath remembering,
2. maraṇa-s-sati 💀: death remembering
3. kāya-gatā-sati 🏃: body-immersed-remembering
+4 – core meditations
(see 4 core meditations)
1) asubha 🧟 → remove lust and passion
2) metta ☮️ → remove ill will
3) 16 APS 🌬️😤 → remove vitakka/thinking
4) a-nicca-sañña ⌛💭 → uproot pride, conceit, self
+6 – anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.29: 6 recollection foundations
(1. STED Jhānas 1-3 for diṭṭha-dhamma-sukha-vihārāya)
(2. STED smd-asnd: āloka-saññaṃ leads to ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya )
(3. STED 31asb: 31 non-beautiful body parts for removal of kāma-rāga)
(4. STED 9siv: stages of corpse decay, for removal of self and conceit Asmi-māna-samugghātāya)
(5. STED 4th jhāna for aneka-dhātu-paṭi-vedhāya)
(6. rememberful activities for sati and sampajāno)
+6 – more anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.10
(1. Buddh-ānu-s-sati)
(2. Dhamm-ānu-s-sati)
(3. Saṅgh-ānu-s-sati)
(4. Sīl-ānu-s-sati)
(5. Cāg-ānu-s-sati)
(6. Devat-ānu-s-sati)
+20 – meditation subjects fed into 7sb☀️ engine
all
+Ānāpāna Vagga 7
+Nirodha Vagga 8
SN 46.69 Paṭikkūla: 🍲💩 loathesome: āhāre paṭikūla-saññā, food repulsiveness-perception
SN 46.70 Sabba-loke: 🌐😞 entire world: Sabba-loke an-abhi-rati-saññā, The-entire-world; non-delight-(in that)-perception
SN 46.71 A-nicca: ⏳ im-permanence (perception)
SN 46.72 Dukkha ⏳→💩: pain-&-suffering: A-nicce dukkha-saññā, (the)-im-permanent (as) pain-&-suffering-perception
SN 46.73 An-atta: 💩→🚫🏃 not-self: dukkhe an-atta-saññā, pain-&-suffering (as) not-self-perception
SN 46.74 Pahāna: abandonment (perception/sañña)
SN 46.75 Vi-rāga: 🚫💑 dis-passion (perception/sañña)
SN 46.76 Nirodha: cesssation (perception/sañña)
+10.42 – 42 EBT Meditation subjects
Explore the 42 in more detail, and additional nimittas
❧