5 things for mindfulness to grow

Five things for mindfulness to grow:

1. Training of lear comprehension (sampajanna)

2. Training of 4 Foundations of Mindfulness (satipatthana)

3. Avoidance of careless, mindless and always distracted people.

4. Friendship with those endowed with acute and alert awareness.

5. Determination regarding establishing unremitting awareness.

(from Samyutta Nikaya 46)

References

• The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
• http://www.thedhamma.com/