12-11-2018 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mindfulness and Memory in Early Buddhism: a Response to Ven. Anālayo
Auteur:
Lobsang Rapgay
Gepubliceerd in:
Mindfulness
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Uitgave 3/2019
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Excerpt
In his commentary, “Once Again on Mindfulness and Memory in Early Buddhism,” Ven. Anālayo (
2018) acknowledges that the early Buddhist Pali canons and later commentaries associate sati/mindfulness with memory (page 1, para 1). Yet, he vociferously argues against any role for remembering/memory and in particular long-term memory in sati/mindfulness. According to him, sati/mindfulness is the sole practice of being fully present each moment to the inhalation and exhalation of the breath. …