Sampajañña
Sampajañña .
Sampajañña has been variously translated into English as "continuity", "clear comprehension", "clear knowing", "constant thorough understanding of impermanence", "fully alert" or "full awareness", "attention, consideration, discrimination, comprehension, circumspection", and "introspection".
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism entry
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism entry says;From the Pali Canon
Clear comprehension is most famously invoked by the Buddha in tandem with mindfulness practice in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta:Clear comprehension develops out of mindfulness of breathing and is subsequently present in tandem with mindfulness for all four satipaṭṭhāna-s.
Canonical commentary
While the nikayas do not elaborate on what the Buddha meant by sampajañña, the Pali commentaries analyze it further in terms of four contexts for one's comprehension:- purpose : refraining from activities irrelevant to the path.
- suitability : pursuing activities in a dignified and careful manner.
- domain : maintaining sensory restraint consistent with mindfulness.
- non-delusion : seeing the true nature of reality.