Talk:Anussati

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[edit] 7 Recollections?

What's the basis for this article's mentioning "7 Recollections"? [FWIW, I also posted a query about this to the blog of the WP editor who originated mention of this set of recollections.] Thanks for any citation, education and help! Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 12:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's the original text (from the article's very beginning) that mentions the "Seven Recollections":

Anussati

One of the Seven Recollections of Buddhism. They are in traditional order: Recollection of the Buddha, Recollection of the Dhamma, Recollection of the Sangha, Recollection of Generosity, Recollection of Virtue, Recollection of Deva, Recollection of Peace.

Generally used as devotional practices. For a more comprehensive treatment of the subject go to: [1]

The external link is no longer valid — or at least I have not been able to get it to work on two different machines.

I'm placing this text here so I can more readily proceed with developing the other enumerations of recollections for which I have ready access to citations. If at some point someone is able to provide a citation for the "Seven Recollecions" please let's re-insert this text (or a similar facsimile!) into the article. I hope that this removal of prior text does not inconvenience anyone. Thanks for any assistance! With metta, Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 17:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I would like to acknowledge that the thoughtful and generous User:Angulimalo responded to me recently via e-mail regarding the above. As appropriate, I will try to incorporate his knowledge, experience and wisdom in the near future. In essence, Angulimalo pointed out that three of the last four so-called Ten Recollections are technically not anussati (recollection) practices per se but are in fact sati (mindfulness) practices. After double checking Pali references et al., I'll attempt to integrate this observation either directly in the article's body or in an end note. (And, of course, if someone wishes to address this sooner than I do, please do!) Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 13:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)