Mindfulness.. what is your mind full of? Because one of the most interesting things about the modern concept of mindfulness is actually what we would call dhikrun-nafs - like you're doing remembrance of yourself.

What does this all come from? It came from Buddhism [ and Afghans were great Buddhists who became Muslims... I wrote this article called Buddha in the Quran... Al-Khidr according to our tradition is a prince who escapes the palace and goes on this journey in search of knowledge and then acquires ilm ladunni - not revelation, it's a type of enlightenment ]

What is the word that translates to mindfulness? It's a Pali word, it is called sati - meaning remembrance of the sacred scriptures, it actually means remembrance, so mindfulness is dhikr.

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