SHORTY: Sati and lack of sati

Nothing good comes from a lack of sati*.

Pg 126 of Sanditthiko, by Ajahn Maha Boowa, translated by Steven Towler.

NOTES

*Sati is usually translated as mindfulness. In particular, it refers to samma sati, or right mindfulness. After reading Ajaan Geoff/Thanissaro Bhikkhu's book Right Mindfulness, I prefer to use a longer translation of Mind-Memory-Framework-Yoke. This is because it's not just naked awareness. It is using the mind (effort, direction) and applying memory (how to do it. And what it is) to a framework (boundaries for the mind, or the lens to be used. Like breath or body or feelings, in and of themselves) and yoking oneself to that framework (staying in that framework).