Mind precedes all mental states.
Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts
happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
-Dhammapada
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"Maha-satipatthana Sutta:The four foundations (focuses) mindfulness
(Also known as The Four Frames of Reference (DN 22, MN10)
Mindfulness
"Refuge to the man is the mind, refuge to the mind is mindfulness"-Buddha
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- Dr. Piyal Walpola
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