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7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness

Samyak Smriti / Samyak Smrti / Samma Sati

 zhèng niàn
 sei nen
7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness Scroll

正念 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Mindfulness, along with Right Effort and Right Concentration, constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.

Right Mindfulness is about remaining focused on one's body, feelings, mind, and mental qualities. It's also about being ardent, aware, and mindful, and supposes that you've already put aside worldly desire and aversion.

Monk Bhikkhu Bodhi described this as “The mind is deliberately kept at the level of bare attention, a detached observation of what is happening within us and around us in the present moment.” When practicing right mindfulness, the mind is trained to remain in the present, open, quiet, and alert, contemplating the present event.

Another definition: Ongoing mindfulness of body, feelings, thinking, and objects of thought.


This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.


See Also:  Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path

8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration

Samyak Samadhi / Samma Samadhi

 zhèng dìng
 sei jou
8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration Scroll

正定 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Concentration, along with Right Effort and Right Mindfulness, constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.

Right Concentration has to do with leaving behind sensuality, unwholesome states, as well as pleasure and pain. 正定 is a complex idea, but once you have achieved the shedding of worldly sensation, you can truly concentrate and find a higher level of awareness.

Another definition: Concentration of mind that finds its high point in the four absorptions.


This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.


See Also:  Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path

Concentration

Chung shin tong il

 seishintouitsu
Concentration Scroll

精神統一 means concentration of mind or mental concentration in old Korean Hanja and Japanese.

This concentration title is one of the 8 Key Concepts of Tang Soo Do.

You'll often see this romanized from Korean as “Chung Shin Tong Il.”

If you want to order the modern Korean Hangul version, click on the Hangul characters in the pronunciation box. Otherwise, this title is valid Korean Hanja (from the 1600 years that Korea used Chinese characters).

Devotion / Dedication / Attentive / Focused

 zhuān xīn
 sen shin
Devotion / Dedication / Attentive / Focused Scroll

專心 makes a word that means “paying attention with your heart.”

It's often translated as “dedication,” as in “be absorbed in” or “concentrate one's efforts.” It's also used to mean “with the single mind,” “whole-heartedly,” “paying attention,” “undivided attention,” “concentration (-ed),” “engrossed,” “devotionally (listening/watching),” and/or “attentive.”

The first character means “for a particular person, occasion, or purpose,” “focused on one single thing,” “concentrated,” and sometimes, “special.”

The second character means “heart” or “mind” by itself.

My favorite translation, which comes from the Oxford Advanced Chinese/English Dictionary, is, “wholehearted devotion.”

If it seems like the meaning of this word is quite open, you are correct. The context in which the word is used matters a lot. It can mean different things depending on how you use it. This makes it kind of nice as you can decide what this means to you (within some limits). This is always positive in meaning, so even if a Chinese person reads it differently than you, it will still have a good meaning.


専In Japanese, they tend to use a variation of the second character which has one less stroke. If you want your calligraphy written this Japanese form, please click on the Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note: Japanese and Chinese people will recognize either form.


See Also:  Faith | Devotion

 niàn
 nen
 
Mindfulness Scroll

念 is the simplest way to write “mindfulness” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

念 can be defined these ways: To read; to study (a degree course); to read aloud; to miss somebody (keeping them in your mind); idea; remembrance; sense; thought; feeling; desire; concern; attention; recollection; memory; to think on/about; reflect; repeat, intone; a moment.

Obviously, the context in which the character is used determines which definition or meaning is perceived. As a single character, it's open and perhaps ambiguous. Thus, it can be read with any or all of these meanings.

念 is used in a Buddhist context (often written as 正念 or “right mindfulness”) with similar meanings of thought and contemplation.

In Japanese, this character is sometimes used as the name “Nen.”


See Also:  Buddhism | Enlightenment


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

正念

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zhèng niàn
    zheng4 nian4
cheng nien
 shounen / shonen
    しょうねん
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} (See 八正道) right mindfulness; (2) true faith (in rebirth in the promised land); (place-name) Shounen
samyak-smṛti, right remembrance, the seventh of the 八正道; 'right mindfullness, the looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. ' Keith.

五念門


五念门

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wǔ niàn mén
    wu3 nian4 men2
wu nien men
 gonenmon
    ごねんもん
{Buddh} five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
The five devotional gates of the Pure-land sect: (1) worship of Amitābha with the 身 body; (2) invocation with the 口 mouth; (3) resolve with the 意 mind to be reborn in the Pure-land; (4) meditation on the glories of that land, etc.; (5) resolve to bestow one's merits, e. g. works of supererogation, on all creatures.

六念處


六念处

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liù niàn chù
    liu4 nian4 chu4
liu nien ch`u
    liu nien chu
 rokunenjo
The six stages of the six kinds of mindfulness 六念.

四念處


四念处

see styles
sì niàn chù
    si4 nian4 chu4
ssu nien ch`u
    ssu nien chu
 shinenjo
Four objects on which memory or the thought should dwell— the impurity of the body, that all sensations lead to suffering, that mind is impermanent, and that there is no such thing as an ego. There are other categories for thought or meditation.; (四念處觀); 四念住 smṛtyupasthāna. The fourfold stage of mindfulness, thought, or meditation that follows the 五停心觀 five-fold procedure for quieting the mind. This fourfold method, or objectivity of thought, is for stimulating the mind in ethical wisdom. It consists of contemplating (1) 身 the body as impure and utterly filthy; (2) 受 sensation, or consciousness, as always resulting in suffering; (3) 心 mind as impermanent, merely one sensation after another; (4) 法 things in general as being dependent and without a nature of their own. The four negate the ideas of permanence, joy, personality, and purity 常, 樂, 我, and 淨, i. e. the four 顚倒, but v. 四德. They are further subdivided into 別 and 總 particular and general, termed 別相念處 and 總相念處, and there are further subdivisions.

臨終正念


临终正念

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lín zhōng zhèng niàn
    lin2 zhong1 zheng4 nian4
lin chung cheng nien
 rinjuushounen / rinjushonen
    りんじゅうしょうねん
(yoji) {Buddh} holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death
to hold the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death

see styles
niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

八念

see styles
bā niàn
    ba1 nian4
pa nien
 hachinen
eight kinds of mindfulness

六念

see styles
liù niàn
    liu4 nian4
liu nien
 rokunen
(六念法) The six thoughts to dwell upon: Buddha, the Law, the Order, the commands, almsgiving, and heaven with its prospective joys.

十夜

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shí yè
    shi2 ye4
shih yeh
 juuya / juya
    じゅうや
{Buddh} (See 十夜粥・じゅうやがゆ) ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar); (female given name) Tooya
ten nights (of mindfulness of the Buddha)

四念

see styles
sì niàn
    si4 nian4
ssu nien
 shinen
four kinds of mindfulness

大念

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dà niàn
    da4 nian4
ta nien
 dainen
(大念佛) Invoking Buddha with a loud voice; meditating on Buddha with continuous concentration.

常念

see styles
cháng niàn
    chang2 nian4
ch`ang nien
    chang nien
 jounen / jonen
    じょうねん
(surname) Jōnen
Always remembering; always repeating.

心念

see styles
xīn niàn
    xin1 nian4
hsin nien
 misato
    みさと
(female given name) Misato
mindfulness

念住

see styles
niàn zhù
    nian4 zhu4
nien chu
 nenjū
base of mindfulness

念力

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niàn lì
    nian4 li4
nien li
 nenriki
    ねんりき
psychokinesis; telekinesis
(1) willpower; faith; (2) telekinesis; psychokinesis
smṛtibala, one of the five bāla or powers, that of memory. Also one of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分.

念善

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niàn shàn
    nian4 shan4
nien shan
 nenzen
mindfulness of goodness

念天

see styles
niàn tiān
    nian4 tian1
nien t`ien
    nien tien
 nenten
One of the six devalokas, that of recollection and desire.

念失

see styles
niàn shī
    nian4 shi1
nien shih
 nenshitsu
loss of mindfulness

念定

see styles
niàn dìng
    nian4 ding4
nien ting
 nenjō
Correct memory and correct samādhi.

念心

see styles
niàn xīn
    nian4 xin1
nien hsin
 nenshin
mindfulness

念慧

see styles
niàn huì
    nian4 hui4
nien hui
 nen'e
mindfulness and wisdom

念戒

see styles
niàn jiè
    nian4 jie4
nien chieh
 nenkai
mindfulness of morality

念持

see styles
niàn chí
    nian4 chi2
nien ch`ih
    nien chih
 nenji
To apprehend and hold in memory.

念根

see styles
niàn gēn
    nian4 gen1
nien ken
 nenkon
smṛtīndriya. The root or organ of memory, one of the five indriya 五根.

念死

see styles
niàn sǐ
    nian4 si3
nien ssu
 nenshi
mindfulness of [the inevitability of] death

念漏

see styles
niàn lòu
    nian4 lou4
nien lou
 nenro
The leakages; or stream of delusive memory.

念著


念着

see styles
niàn zhāo
    nian4 zhao1
nien chao
 nenjaku
Through perverted memory to cling to illusion.

念處


念处

see styles
niàn chù
    nian4 chu4
nien ch`u
    nien chu
 nenjo
smṛtyupasthāna. The presence in the mind of all memories, or the region which is contemplated by memory.

意思

see styles
yì si
    yi4 si5
i ssu
 ishi
    いし
idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do something as a gesture of goodwill etc
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
mindfulness

憶持


忆持

see styles
yì chí
    yi4 chi2
i ch`ih
    i chih
 okuji
To keep in mind, to remember and maintain.

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
7. Right Mindfulness
Right Memory
Perfect Mindfulness
正念sei nen / seinenzhèng niàn
zheng4 nian4
zheng nian
zhengnian
cheng nien
chengnien
8. Right Concentration
Perfect Concentration
正定sei jou / seijou / sei jozhèng dìng
zheng4 ding4
zheng ding
zhengding
cheng ting
chengting
Concentration精神統一seishintouitsu
seishintoitsu
Devotion
Dedication
Attentive
Focused
專心 / 専心 / 耑心
专心
sen shin / senshinzhuān xīn
zhuan1 xin1
zhuan xin
zhuanxin
chuan hsin
chuanhsin
Mindfulnessnenniàn / nian4 / niannien
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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