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This paper aims to explicate the concept of Sati, which is known as the essence of Buddhist meditation. It is said that Sati, in Pa￣li, has had various implications and examples of translation. For instance, it is translated into memory, recognition, consciousness, intentness of mind, mindfulness. concentration, alertness, lucidity, self-possession etc., in English. It is also translated into 念, 憶念, 不忘, 持念, 守意, 意止 etc., in Chinese.At first I have tried to make clear the implication of Sati in original Pa￣li texts. And then I translated it into 마음지킴 in Korean, which means 'intentness of mind'. It is not for the first time that the translation of Sati has been attempted in Korea. But most of translators did not clarify the reason why they have selected their own words.The only translator, Cho Joon-Ho, disclosed the reason why he selected his own word of Sati. This fact means that he is the first one to give attention to the concept of Sati in the academic field. He translated Sati into 수동적 주의집중 in Korean, which means 'passive attention in bare state of mind'.In this paper, I discussed a lot about the difference of my opinion from his. Working this, I refered to 5 Nika￣yas, Visuddhimagga, Saddhammapaka￣sini￣ etc. These texts helped me to determine my thought and select the equivalent Korean. I showed the related phrases from these texts in this paper.In Buddhism, Sati has application to samma￣sati(正念), a￣na￣pa￣nasati(入出息念), satipattha￣na￣ (念慮) etc. In these, a￣na￣pa￣nasati is the most typical method in early Buddhist meditation, which is a way of realization of Buddha's teaching. And satipattha￣na￣ is a system of practice which covers wide range of the topics about Body(ka￣ya), Feeling(vedana￣), Cognizance(citta) and True Idea(dhamma). Sati has an unique and essential function in all these applications because they could not be practiced without the faculty of Sati. Therefore this paper about Sati has the meaning of getting to the point of early Buddhist practice theory, beyond the simple analysis of conception. |
