Definition of Heedfulness

1. Noun. The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities.

Exact synonyms: Mindfulness
Generic synonyms: Attentiveness
Attributes: Aware, Mindful, Forgetful, Mindless, Unmindful
Derivative terms: Heedful, Heedful, Heedful, Mindful
Antonyms: Heedlessness, Unmindfulness

Definition of Heedfulness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being heedful. ¹

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Definition of Heedfulness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heedfulness

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hee-haw
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hee-hee
heeb
heebie-jeebies
heebie jeebies
heebs
heed
heeded
heeder
heeders
heedful
heedfull
heedfully
heedfulness (current term)
heedfulnesses
heedily
heeding
heedless
heedlessly
heedlessness
heedlessnesses
heeds
heedy
heeey
heehaw
heehawed
heehawing
heehaws

Literary usage of Heedfulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom by Buddhiprakāśa Ācārya, Acharya Buddharakkhita, Bodhi (1996)
"heedfulness is the path to the Deathless, heedlessness is the path to death. ... Clearly understanding this excellence of heedfulness, the wise exult ..."

2. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghoṣa (1921)
"heedfulness is praised by the Buddhas and by others ... For it is through heedfulness that all attain the Higher Attainments, both those that are of this ..."

3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"... and that is of twenty-two subdivisions about faith and heedfulness; and one is reminded [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 3} 5. ..."

4. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the by Nyanaponika, Nyanaponika A. Thera (1998)
"(VII, 73) Remembering the (Buddha's last) word on heedfulness, ... Remembering (the Master's last) words on heedfulness, I shall follow after the wise and ..."

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