The Buddhist origins and modern adaptation of mindfulness meditation: The tradition of sati practice and its secular reinterpretation
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling August 29, 2026 Pilwon Lee
Purpose: This study aims to clarify the concept, structure, and soteriological purpose of sati practice in Early Buddhism on the basis of Pāli sources, and to analyze the core transformations that occur when sati is transposed into contemporary clinical mindfulness programs. It pays particular attention to the function of sati within jhāna practice, an aspect largely neglected in existing...