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The Samyutta Nikaya defines clear comprehension as many things, such as clearly comprehending when one is walking, standing, looking aside, looking ahead, eating, drinking, chewing, etc. So in terms of the mind, clear comprehension is having the clarity & circumspection to be aware of a feeling, a perception, a thought, etc, when it arises (rather than after it arises or not at all), etc.

Please do not mix-up sampajanna with vipassana or dhammavicaya, that is, observing the arising & passing of the five aggregates according to their inherent nature.

In its most basic functioning (gocara-sampajanna), sampajanna merely means 'to know', 'to be there', 'awake', 'aware', as something arises, as it exists, as it ceases.

Please refer to AN 4.41, which differentiates the development of sati-sampajanna from vipassana.

As sampajanna is included within the description of satipatthana, it cannot be seperated from satipatthana. Sampajanna is included within the description of 'sati', in the texts you are referring to (such as SN 47.35). Sati can never be separated from sampajanna.

The sutta description of sati is like describing a flower, which has petals, leaves, stem, etc. The description of sampajanna is like describing the petals only. The petals remain part of the flower rather than something separate.

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