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**Aozenee** · 04-15-2010, 02:37 AM

As advised in MN 117, right mindfulness is maintaining right view in the mind.

Incomplete; here is why:

MN 117 - The Great Forty

9. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong view and to enter upon right view: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong view, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right view: this is one's right mindfulness."

So far so good... but you're culling too much. Read the next sections, Element:

15. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong intention and to enter upon right intention: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong intention, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right intention: this is one's right mindfulness."

21. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong speech and to enter upon right speech: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong speech, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right speech: this is one's right mindfulness."

27. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong action and to enter upon right action: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong action, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right action: this is one's right mindfulness."

33. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong livelihood and to enter upon right livelihood: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong livelihood, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right livelihood: this is one's right mindfulness."

(Section 35 then describes, in sum, how Right View is the cause and condition which leads on to Right Intention and thereby through the Noble Eightfold Path all the way to the ninth and tenth steps of the gradual training, Right Knowledge and Right Liberation.)

As can be seen from these sections {9, 15, 21, 27, & 33}, Right Mindfulness is, in fact, all steps from Right View through Right Livelihood, and not, as you say, merely maintaining Right View alone.

04-15-2010, 02:37 AM	#18
Aozenee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	As advised in MN 117, right mindfulness is maintaining right view in the mind. Incomplete; here is why: MN 117 - The Great Forty 9. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong view and to enter upon right view: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong view, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right view: this is one's right mindfulness." So far so good... but you're culling too much. Read the next sections, Element: 15. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong intention and to enter upon right intention: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong intention, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right intention: this is one's right mindfulness." 21. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong speech and to enter upon right speech: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong speech, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right speech: this is one's right mindfulness." 27. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong action and to enter upon right action: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong action, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right action: this is one's right mindfulness." 33. "One makes an effort to abandon wrong livelihood and to enter upon right livelihood: this is one's right effort. Mindfully one abandons wrong livelihood, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right livelihood: this is one's right mindfulness." (Section 35 then describes, in sum, how Right View is the cause and condition which leads on to Right Intention and thereby through the Noble Eightfold Path all the way to the ninth and tenth steps of the gradual training, Right Knowledge and Right Liberation.) As can be seen from these sections {9, 15, 21, 27, & 33}, Right Mindfulness is, in fact, all steps from Right View through Right Livelihood, and not, as you say, merely maintaining Right View alone.
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