• Mindfulness is not just a word or a discourse by the Buddha, but a meaningful state of mind. It means we have to be here now, in this very moment, and we have to know what is happening internally and externally. It means being alert to our motives and learning to change unwholesome thoughts and emotions into wholesome ones Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.

    Ayya Khema: Mindfulness is not just a word or a
 discourse by the Buddha, but a
 meaningful state of mind. It means
 we have to be here now, in this very
 moment, and we have to know what
 is happening internally and
 externally. It means being alert to
 our motives and learning to change
 unwholesome thoughts and
 emotions into wholesome ones
 Mindfulness is a mental activity that
 in due course eliminates all
 suffering.