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Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Mindfulness in Buddhist meditation.; also translated as awareness) is a spiritual faculty that is considered to be of great importance in the path to enlightenment according to the teaching of the Buddha. It is one of the seven factors of enlightenment...

is a concept in Buddhist meditiation.

Mindfulness may also refer to:
  • Mindfulness (psychology)
    Mindfulness (psychology)
    Modern clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on the concept of mindfulness in Buddhist meditation.-Definitions:...

    , therapeutic applications based on the concept in Buddhist meditation
  • Mindfulness, a 1989 book by Ellen Langer
    Ellen Langer
    Ellen Jane Langer is professor of psychology at Harvard University who has studied the illusion of control, decision making, aging and mindfulness theory.-Biography:...

  • Mindfulness (journal)

See also

  • Buddhism and psychology
    Buddhism and psychology
    Buddhism and psychology overlap in theory and in practice. Over the last century, three strands of interplay have evolved:* Descriptive phenomenology: Western and Buddhist scholars have found in Buddhist teachings a detailed introspective phenomenological psychology .* Psychotherapeutic meaning:...

  • Mindful economics
    Mindful Economics
    Mindful economics is an approach to economic theory and practice that is dedicated to institutional reform based on the core values of environmental sustainability, social justice, and stability. The approach was founded by economist, Joel Magnuson, who is most known for his book, Mindful...

    , an approach proposed by Joel Magnuson
  • Mindfulness of breathing, as in Anapanasati
  • Vipassanā
    Vipassana
    Vipassanā or vipaśyanā in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality. A regular practitioner of Vipassana is known as a Vipassi . Vipassana is one of the world's most ancient techniques of meditation, the inception of which is attributed to Gautama Buddha...

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