Dear Robert Ed,
Thank you very much, this is a great help. I could trace the relevant
passage,
Best wishes,
Nina.

op 19-11-2002 00:33 schreef Robert Eddison op robedd@...:

>
> I don't think 'bare mindfulness' is a technical term (except perhaps among
> naked ascetics!). It seems to be Soma's rendering of satiyeva, "just
> mindfulness".
>
> This is the Pali:
>
> Yasmaa satiyevettha satipa.t.thaana.m vuttaa, tasmaassa sampayuttaa dhammaa
> viiriyaadayo an.ganti aaha: "sampayogan.ga~ncassa dassetvaa" ti.
> An.ga-saddo cettha kaara.napariyaayo da.t.thabbo.
>
>> [Tika] "Arousing of Mindfulness". Here bare mindfulness is meant.
>> Therefore, the commentator speaks of "the things that make up the
>> condition connected with the Arousing of Mindfulness." These things are
>> energy and so forth, associated necessarily with mindfulness. Condition
>> [anga] = reason [karana].>