Wrong mindfulness ☁️ dark
3 discourses
Synonyms:
Supported by:{craving, aversion, wrong effort}, Leads to:{distraction, wrong collectedness}
Context:
Remembering in the wrong way. It holds to the signs of craving and aversion, or attends carefully to what sustains delusion. Such mindfulness appears clear but lacks right view, turning awareness into a servant of defilement. It remembers what should be forgotten and forgets what should be remembered.
Pāli term:
micchāsati
Related:
Opposite:
In Linked Discourses (Saṃyutta Nikāya)
The Buddha distinguishes the wrong way of practice and the right way of practice.
The Buddha distinguishes the wrong way of practice and the right way of practice and their outcomes.
In Numerical Discourses (Aṅguttara Nikāya)
Approaching wrongness leads to failure, not success. Approaching rightness leads to success, not failure.