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Establishments in mindfulness (Buddhism)

  • Four stations of mindfulness
  • Foundations of mindfulness
  • Awakenings of mindfulness
  • Smriti-upasthana
  • Smrityupasthana
  • Satipatthana (Pali)

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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.

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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.

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Human development
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(M) Modes of awareness
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Oct 26, 2022