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Samyak Smriti / Samyak Smrti / Samma Sati
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.
These are the eight tenets of the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path written altogether.
Here's this list of tenets in English:
1. Right View / Right Understanding / Right Perspective / Perfect View
2. Right Resolve / Right Thought / Right Intention / Perfect Resolve
3. Right Speech / Right Talk / Perfect Speech
4. Right Action / Perfect Conduct
5. Right Living / Right Livelihood / Perfect Livelihood
6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort
7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 正念 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
正念 see styles |
zhèng niàn zheng4 nian4 cheng nien shounen / shonen しょうねん |
More info & calligraphy: 7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness(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. |
住正念 see styles |
zhù zhèng niàn zhu4 zheng4 nian4 chu cheng nien jūshōnen |
established in recollection |
失正念 see styles |
shī zhèng niàn shi1 zheng4 nian4 shih cheng nien shitsu shōnen |
lose correct mindfulness |
正念場 see styles |
shounenba / shonenba しょうねんば |
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture |
正念寺 see styles |
shounenji / shonenji しょうねんじ |
(place-name) Shounenji |
正念慧 see styles |
zhèng niàn huì zheng4 nian4 hui4 cheng nien hui shō nen'e |
correctly mindful wisdom |
大休正念 see styles |
dà xiū zhèng niàn da4 xiu1 zheng4 nian4 ta hsiu cheng nien Daikyū Shōnen |
Daxiu Zhengnian |
常住正念 see styles |
cháng zhù zhèng niàn chang2 zhu4 zheng4 nian4 ch`ang chu cheng nien chang chu cheng nien jōjū shōnen |
always maintaining mindfulness |
正念正知 see styles |
zhèng niàn zhèng zhī zheng4 nian4 zheng4 zhi1 cheng nien cheng chih shōnen shōchi |
correctly mindful and accurately knowing |
無學正念 无学正念 see styles |
wú xué zhèng niàn wu2 xue2 zheng4 nian4 wu hsüeh cheng nien mugaku shōnen |
right mindfulness as held by the adepts |
端身正念 see styles |
duān shēn zhèng niàn duan1 shen1 zheng4 nian4 tuan shen cheng nien tanjin shōnen |
to proper bodily activity and correct mindfulness |
臨終正念 临终正念 see styles |
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 |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
7. Right Mindfulness Right Memory Perfect Mindfulness | 正念 | sei nen / seinen | zhèng niàn zheng4 nian4 zheng nian zhengnian | cheng nien chengnien |
Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen | 本者是正念 | hon sha ze shou nen honshazeshounen hon sha ze sho nen | ||
All Tenets of the Noble Eightfold Path | 正見正思唯正語正業正命正精進正念正定 正见正思唯正语正业正命正精进正念正定 | shouken shoushiyui shougo shougo shoumyou shoushoujin shounen shoujou shoken shoshiyui shogo shogo shomyo shoshojin shonen shojo | zhèng jiàn zhèng sī wéi zhèng yǔ zhèng yè zhèng mìng zhèng jīng jìn zhèng niàn zhèng dìng zheng4 jian4 zheng4 si1 wei2 zheng4 yu3 zheng4 ye4 zheng4 ming4 zheng4 jing1 jin4 zheng4 nian4 zheng4 ding4 zheng jian zheng si wei zheng yu zheng ye zheng ming zheng jing jin zheng nian zheng ding | cheng chien cheng ssu wei cheng yü cheng yeh cheng ming cheng ching chin cheng nien cheng ting |
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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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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