--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ven. Yuttadhammo" <buffer@...> wrote:

> Dear Nina,
>
> > satthaka sampajañña = full comprehension in regards to purpose
> sappaya sampajañña = full comprehension in regards to suitability
> gocara sampajañña = full comprehension in regards to resort
> asammoha sampajañña = full comprehension in regards to non-delusion
>
> In regards to Vipassana practice, sampaja~n~na means full
> comprehension in regards to the three characteristics, is that
> correct?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Yuttadhammo

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Dear Venerable Yuttadhammo,
In the Satipatthana sutta the Buddha spoke about clear comprehension
(Sati sampajanna):
"And further, O bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, in going forwards (and) in going
backwards, is a person practising clear comprehension; in looking
straight
on (and) in looking away from the front, is a person practising clear
comprehension; in bending and in stretching, is a person practising
clear
comprehension; in wearing the shoulder-cloak, the robes
(and)
the bowl, is a person practising clear comprehension; in regard to
what is
eaten, drunk, chewed and savoured, is a person practising clear
comprehension; in defecating and in urinating, is a person practising
clear comprehension; in walking, in standing, in sitting, in
sleeping, in waking, in speaking and in keeping
silence, is a person practising clear comprehension."endquote

Notice that "looking straight on and in looking away" is included
among
the opportunties where sati and sampajanna (comprehension) can
arise.
What then is meant by sati sampajanna?
The samanaphala sutta commentary (translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi as
Discourse
on the Fruits of Recluseship).
notes that there are 4 types of sampajanna that you mentioned above:
1)puposefulness, 2)suitabilty, 3)resort, and
4)non-delusion -amoha , panna.
Number 3, resort, has two meanings: one as
"clearly comprehending the resort for ones almsround(for
example)" and the other as comprehending the resort of ones
meditation
subject. On p116 it says "therefore those practising here with
with the aggregates, elements and bases as their meditation
subjects should look ahead and look aside by way of their own
meditation subject: those practising such meditation subjects as
the kasinas should look ahead and look aside keeping their
meditation subject in mind."
A couple of points here: One - that gocara , resort, has levels
of meaning. Two- a distinction made between those who
are developing samattha and those who are developing
vipassana (the object of vipassana is the agggregates, elements
or bases - paramattha dhammas).

The same page says " Clear comprehension of non-delusion here is
understanding thus "internally there is no self which looks
ahead and looks aside. When the thought 'let me look ahead'
arises , the mind -originated air element arise together with
the thought, producing intimation....." It carries on giving
more and more details about mind processes, all to show that
there is no-self, only fleeting conditioned phenomena. This is
comprehension as non-delusion, asammoha-sampajanna.
Robertk