This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from The Dhammapada.
“Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!” The Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from The Dhammapada.
“Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!” The Buddha Click To Tweet
Is heedfulness about mindfulness? Or is it about being careful in what you say?
Heedfulness (appamada) is more active and engaged than mindfulness (sati). It’s literally “non-drunkenness.” It means being attentive to the mind and being on guard against the encroachment of unskillful mental states: “And what is heedfulness? There is the case where a monk guards his mind with regard to [mental] fermentations and mental qualities accompanied by fermentations.” [Source]. It’s obviously related to mindfulness, but mindfulness is simply knowing what we’re experiencing, while appamada is an energetic watchfulness in which we evaluate the ethical quality of what we’re experiencing and doing.
Your explanations are so clear and thoughtful. Thank you.
Beautiful, eloquent, penetrable!
Thank you, this is very interesting.
Thank you