sati
Mindfulness, paying attention, being in the present moment.
“Right mindfulness” (Pali: sammā-sati, Sanskrit samyak-smṛti) is the seventh element of the Noble Eightfold Path.
To “see things as they are”: Yathā-bhūta-ñāna-dassana
( pi: sati सति | sa: smṛti स्मृति | bo: drenpa དྲན་པ། | ja: nen 念 (ネン) | zh: nian 念 | ko: yŏm 염 | vi: niệm | en: mindfulness )
–http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/mindfulness_in_plain_english_15.php
–http://www.theravadin.org/2009/02/13/mindfulness-is-not-sati/
–http://www.theravadin.org/2009/02/13/mindfulness-is-not-sati/