Part 2 - The Meaning of<em>Sati</em>by Bhikkhu Bodhi - a podcast by podcasts@pariyatti.org

Part 2 - The Meaning ofSatifrom 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean'by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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A problem in hermeneutics, with intimate bearings on the actual
practice of meditation, concerns the exact meaning of the wordsati both in general and in relation to Buddhist contemplative
activity. We take the rendering “mindfulness” so much forgranted that we rarely inquire into the precise nuances of the
English term, let alone the meaning of the original Pāli word itrepresents and the adequacy of the former as a rendering for the
latter. The word “mindfulness” is itself so vague and elastic thatit serves almost as a cipher into which we can read virtually
anything we want. Hence we seldom recognize that the wordwas chosen as a rendering forsatiat a particular point in time,
after other terms had been tried and found inadequate.

narrated by Jonathan Nelson
2023
23 minutes 50 seconds

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