正念

Readings

Pinyin: zhèngniàn

Wade-Giles: cheng-nien

Hangul: 정념

Korean MC: jeongnyeom

Korean MR: chŏngnyŏm

Katakana: ショウネン

Hepburn: shōnen

chánh niệm

correct mindfulness

• Correct thought; recollection, mindfulness. The seventh of the items of the Eightfold Path 八正道; 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. Continual mindfulness without lapse. To continually keep (something) in mind. To be removed from evil thought and be mindful of the Buddha-way. To rectify the mind and hold to its true form. To be mindful of reality and not to be taken in by appearances. To skillfully remember affairs without lapse in memory. (Skt. smṛti, samyak-smṛti; saṃprajāna, pratismrta; Tib. dran pa, yang dag pa'i dran pa) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, YBh-Ind]
• In Pure Land teachings, the Mind of True Reliance on Amitâbha Buddha. [resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. yoniśo-manasikāra; anusmṛti, avismṛti, manasi-kāra, manas-kāra, smṛta, smṛtimat; Pāli sammā-sati) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 541

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 541

Bulgyo sajeon, 776a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 575d

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 693

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 703a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 1990

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0684

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2750b,4214c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 788-1

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 193

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