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Samyak Smriti / Samyak Smrti / Samma Sati
正念 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Mindfulness, along with Right Effort and Right Concentration, constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.
Right Mindfulness is about remaining focused on one's body, feelings, mind, and mental qualities. It's also about being ardent, aware, and mindful, and supposes that you've already put aside worldly desire and aversion.
Monk Bhikkhu Bodhi described this as “The mind is deliberately kept at the level of bare attention, a detached observation of what is happening within us and around us in the present moment.” When practicing right mindfulness, the mind is trained to remain in the present, open, quiet, and alert, contemplating the present event.
Another definition: Ongoing mindfulness of body, feelings, thinking, and objects of thought.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
今を生きる is a Japanese phrase that can be translated as “live for the day,” “live for the moment,” “seize the day,” or “make the most of the present.”
You can think of this as the Japanese version of “Carpe Diem.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
現世 is a very short way to write “live in the moment” or “live in the now” in Japanese.
This short word is open to interpretation. It's used in Japanese Buddhism to mean “the current epoch” or “the current age” (the current age is but a brief moment in the greater scope of existence). In that context, this is pronounced “utsushiyo” or “ustusiyo” in Japanese. Otherwise, it's pronounced “gensei” in Japanese.
Other translation possibilities include:
Note: This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. While the meaning is more or less the same, this is not recommended for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese or Korean. This selection is best if your audience is Japanese.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your present moment search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
今から see styles |
imakara いまから |
More info & calligraphy: From this Moment Forward |
今を生きる see styles |
imaoikiru いまをいきる |
More info & calligraphy: Live For The Day / Seize The Day |
一時 一时 see styles |
yī shí yi1 shi2 i shih ichiji いちじ |
a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time (n,adv) (1) one o'clock; (n,adv) (2) once; at one time; formerly; before; (n,adv,adj-no) (3) (in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period) for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; (4) (See 一時に) a time; one time; once; (personal name) Kazutoki ekasmin samaye (Pali: ekaṃ samayaṃ); "on one occasion,' part of the usual opening phrase of a sūtra— "Thus have I heard, once,' etc. A period, e.g. a session of expounding a sūtra. |
中今 see styles |
nakaima なかいま |
(archaism) the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity); (surname) Nakaima |
在り see styles |
ari あり |
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) existing (at the present moment); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) alright; acceptable; passable; (vr,vi) (3) (kana only) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have |
已生 see styles |
yǐ shēng yi3 sheng1 i sheng ishō |
部多 bhūta. Become, the moment just come into existence, the present moment; being, existing; a being, ghost, demon; a fact; an element, of which the Hindus have five— earth, water, fire, air, ether; the past. |
当座 see styles |
touza / toza とうざ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (for) the time being; (for) the present; (for) the moment; (can be adjective with の) (2) immediate; present; current; (3) (for) some time (after); (4) (abbreviation) (See 当座預金) checking account; current account; (surname) Touza |
有り see styles |
ari あり |
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) existing (at the present moment); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) alright; acceptable; passable; (vr,vi) (3) (kana only) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have |
此刻 see styles |
cǐ kè ci3 ke4 tz`u k`o tzu ko |
this moment; now; at present |
現下 现下 see styles |
xiàn xià xian4 xia4 hsien hsia genka げんか |
now; at this moment (1) the present time; (can be adjective with の) (2) current |
現在 现在 see styles |
xiàn zài xian4 zai4 hsien tsai genzai げんざい |
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays (n-adv,n-t) now; current; present; present time; as of Now, at present, the present. |
今現在 今现在 see styles |
jīn xiàn zài jin1 xian4 zai4 chin hsien tsai imagenzai いまげんざい |
(exp,n,adv) just now; at this moment; at this point of time the present |
刹那三世 see styles |
chàn à sān shì chan4 a4 san1 shi4 ch`an a san shih chan a san shih setsuna sanze |
The moments past, present, future. |
Variations: |
ari あり |
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) (See 在る・ある・1) existing (at the present moment); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) alright; acceptable; passable; (vr,vi) (3) (kana only) (See 在る・ある・1,在る・ある・2) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have |
Variations: |
imahodo いまほど |
(expression) (1) (usu. with negative sentence) as (much as) it is now; as much as the present; (expression) (2) just now; a moment ago |
Variations: |
tadaima ただいま |
(interjection) (1) (kana only) (abbreviation) (See ただいま帰りました) I'm home!; I'm back!; it's me!; (adv,n) (2) (kana only) now; at present; at the moment; (adverb) (3) (kana only) just now; a moment ago; (adverb) (4) (kana only) at once; right away; in a minute; shortly; soon |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
7. Right Mindfulness Right Memory Perfect Mindfulness | 正念 | sei nen / seinen | zhèng niàn zheng4 nian4 zheng nian zhengnian | cheng nien chengnien |
From this Moment Forward | 今から | imakara | ||
Live For The Day Seize The Day | 今を生きる | ima wo i ki ru imawoikiru | ||
Live In The Moment Live In The Now | 現世 现世 | gen sei / gensei | xiàn shì / xian4 shi4 / xian shi / xianshi | hsien shih / hsienshih |
Past Future and Present | 過去未來現在 过去未来现在 | kako mirai genzai kakomiraigenzai | guō qù wèi lái xiàn zài guo1 qu4 wei4 lai2 xian4 zai4 guo qu wei lai xian zai guoquweilaixianzai | kuo ch`ü wei lai hsien tsai kuochüweilaihsientsai kuo chü wei lai hsien tsai |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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