Human Development

Establishments in mindfulness

Description:
In [Hinayana] Buddhism there are four such establishments attained with the lesser path of accumulation through meditations on the impermanence, misery, emptiness and selflessness of: the body; feelings; thoughts; and other internal phenomena, of one's self and other sentient beings. [Mahayana] Buddhism recognizes the same four but here mindfulness is that of their emptiness - [sunyata].
Context:
Among the prerequisites for enlightenment - [bodhi pakshika dharma] - of which there are 37 grouped in seven areas, [satipatthana] is the first of the seven areas. One of the sections of yogic paths or harmonies with enlightenment defined in Buddhism.<