http://www.theravadin.org/2009/02/13/mindfulness-is-not-sati/ Mindfulness is not Sati? FEBRUARY 13, 2009 / 23 COMMENTS /20389 VIEWS Many people (especially those who intensively try to put the Buddhas eightfold path into practice) have thought about the meaning of samma sati or “right mindfulness”. In fact, the meaning of this important aspect of Buddhist practice had troubled me for a long time 🙂 (1) The problem occurs when we start looking closer at the oldest Buddhist scriptures available, the Pali texts and look for the meaning and connotations of this important Buddhist term. Before we begin, however, a very short introductory remark: Why is ‘sati’ so important with regard to the path to Nibbana? Because it is at the center core of the entire Buddhist meditation : “Now what is concentration, lady, what is its topic, what are its requisites, and what is its development” “Singleness of mind is concentration, friend Visakha; the four foundations of...