- 著者
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林 隆嗣
- 出版者
- こども教育宝仙大学
- 雑誌
- こども教育宝仙大学紀要 = Bulletin of Hosen College of Childfood Education
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.10, pp.21-31, 2019-03-04
Satipatthāna (establishing mindfulness) is one of the most popular practice in various Buddhist meditations, in which the meditator, being attentive to the body and the state of mind, keeps knowing how it moves and how it feels and observing how it arises and ceases. This practice comprises two mental functions, that is, sati (mindfulness) and sampajāna/sampajañña (full-awareness) in Pāli. It is reasonable that sati is the central concept in this “mindfulness” meditation and thus it has been drawn modern scholars’ attention. However, we should note that the Buddhist meditation is to be practiced with collaborative action of sati and sampajāna which could be effective on stress reduction or relief from suffering such as pain, grief and depression. In this paper, investigating what is taught with sati, with sampajāna in Pāli texts and with both words such as “satimā ・ sampajāno”, “sati ca sampajaññañ ca”, “sampajānā satīmatī ”, “sampajāno patissato” and so on, we would explore the importance of sati and sampajāna, both of which bear multiple meanings and functions, and their relation to the reduction of stress and pain.