In the Sa gift, the Buddha explained to Potthapada have much to practice, just before he was about to teach meditation techniques, as well as the destruction of a great increase upstream. Now Buddha on the topic of mindfulness and clear understanding (awareness). This is the way he has developed in many texts: the first is to maintain discipline, followed by restraining the senses, then mindfulness and clear understanding (awareness). Two final points go together, often mentioned together. Sati is Sampajanna is the self awareness and clear understanding.
 

... And how is a monk accomplished in mindfulness-awareness? Here a monk when to go, when to go back are aware; looking ahead, looking around are aware; when bending, stretching all the awareness; to bring health, bowls are aware; While eating, chewing, swallowing are aware; when defecation, urination are aware; when walking, standing, sitting, lying awake, talking, stood are aware. So then, brethren were a success mindful awareness. Mindfulness has four areas: the body, feelings, mind and legal.

Mindfulness of the body is the Buddha comes first. Practice mindfulness in everyday life is essential, not only in meditation. Without mindfulness meditation hours, they can not have mindfulness meditation, because they go together. So we practice mindfulness basic first by observing the body. We are conscious of what you are doing, be it walking, standing, sitting, lying, bending shoulders, bow ... or whatever. One of the benefits of mindfulness of the body while practicing, we also keep the mind is quiet, not allowing it whirring.

The second benefit is the purification of the mind mindfulness. If you really observe what they are doing, we can not be right in that moment frustration, anger and attachment. Buddha has repeatedly advised us to use the body as an object of mindfulness. First, we can easily perceive, in contact with the body without the need to check the presence of it. If such practices, we will realize in a short time in the presence of pure, as well as the absence of many psychological troubles brain. So how can we in a state of frustration, lust or hatred when we observe what is actually happening? The third benefit is mindfulness of the body helps us to be present even in the present moment, and gradually I realized that no other moment. Being present in the moment is in the eternal present. Normally we set boundaries in each period: past, present and future. I view them as three stages, but really we can only be in one, is present. Two other point is created by the mind; they are illusions created by memory or imagination. Most of us live in the past or towards the future, or both, but if you live like that it is difficult to maintain mindfulness and meditation. Since both are happening right in the present moment.
 

The second fundamental of mindfulness is the sense of feeling, we feel nothing. The fourth basic (we'll talk to the third fundamental moment) is the ideological content (legal). Both (Life and Justice) were present during meditation, and we need to be maintained in everyday life. For example, when a strong feeling arises, we must first recognize its nature and then try to replace one evil with good feelings. We do not need to believe in all my feelings. If the traceability of a sensation arises, we will see that it is due to the exposure of the root (senses) with the object (the object). Well worth experiencing. For Justice (content of our thoughts) too. When we find a good thought is, we only know how, and when it is over we become aware of itself. If ideology is immoral, we need to quickly convert it. We contain less evil in mind, they have fewer opportunities to develop bad habits in mind. We are increasingly aware of greed (in general is all what we want), and aversion (in general is everything we do not want to), not to give them more time to remain in the center, then It is more to let them go.

Third basic mindfulness is the state of consciousness or potential. This is an important observation object. If we can identify the nature of evil before it developed into thinking, feeling, then reducing it will be easier. Many people carry the negative state of mind heavy that they found it hard to change. But most of us can be transformed from evil to good. If we recognize the nature of sulking, jealousy or anger leads to thoughts or feelings evil, then we can try to deal with the condition that, in the awareness that it is only a state , there is nothing more important. Yes, there is nothing that we possess, thinking, or perform a fundamental importance or profound. We simply just happens. We do not need to maintain a feeling, a legal center or, if they threaten their own happiness. Ourselves more and more happy, the more we are capable of giving to others more. We can not give what you do not.

That's four basic mindfulness: body, feelings, mind and legal. Mindfulness is a pure concentrate; without judgment. It is this awareness that a clear understanding of emotions, feelings, mind or law is good or bad, to help us transform. Each of us is capable of clear understanding; we have the wisdom to do it. Of course, we also have all the weaknesses of an ordinary man, these factors always brings unhappiness, anger, anxiety, negativity, but we do not need to hang them. With mindful attention, we can realize this and begin conversion of evil into good. We practice this meditation, exercise for the mind whirring over and bring the attention back to the meditation section, and we also like to practice in daily life.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/4/2015.