[Buddha-l] mindful/mindfulness

Artur Karp karp at uw.edu.pl
Sat Jul 31 02:33:23 MDT 2010


> I would think that alertness is closer to appamāda.

Isn't appamāda to be understood rather as "zeal, ardour"? As antonym
to "idleness, indolence"? Interesting: when Buddha says appamādena
sampādetha, does he admonish the monks to "strive with
alertness/vigilance"?


Artur



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