Sampajañña

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 (ānāpānasati) 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 (Pāli: sātthaka): refraining from activities irrelevant to the path. • suitability (sappāya): pursuing activities in a dignified and careful manner. • domain (gocara): maintaining sensory restraint consistent with mindfulness. • non-delusion (asammoha): seeing the true nature of reality (see three characteristics). ==Contemporary commentary==

Critical to Right Mindfulness' purpose (Nyanaponika) In a correspondence between Bhikkhu Bodhi and B. Alan Wallace, Bhikkhu Bodhi described Ven. Nyanaponika Thera's views on "right mindfulness" and '''' as follows, :... I should add that Ven. Nyanaponika himself did not regard "bare attention" as capturing the complete significance of '', but as representing only one phase, the initial phase, in the meditative development of right mindfulness. He held that in the proper practice of right mindfulness, sati has to be integrated with '', clear comprehension, and it is only when these two work together that right mindfulness can fulfill its intended purpose. == See also ==