Satipaṭṭhānavibhaṅgasuttantabhājanīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 456

[456] "Mindful" (satimā): Herein, what is mindfulness (sati)? That which is mindfulness, recollection (anussati) … right mindfulness (sammāsati) — this is called mindfulness. He is endowed with this mindfulness … possessed of it. Therefore he is called "mindful."

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