What is the difference between maraṇa-s-sati and maraṇa-sañña?

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Big Difference between maraṇa-s-sati and maraṇa-sañña

maraṇa-s-sati: death remembrance

You can die any moment from deadly creatures or fatal accidents

or even in the next bite of food, or the next breath

maraṇa-sañña: death perception

Quiz time.

LBT (later buddhist teachings) in Theravada seems to collect the different practices for both of these terms under the same category, under maraṇa-s-sati,

but in the EBT (early buddhist teachings),

maraṇa-s-sati (death remembrance, "recollection of death" is typical translation),

the Buddha only uses that exact term in 2 suttas (2 other suttas are just expansions of AN 6.19 and AN 6.20). and gives a very specific practice and purpose to maraṇa-s-sati.

In my article here where I have links to all the suttas that specifically use the terms

maraṇa-s-sati and maraṇa-sañña,

maraṇa-s-sati 💀

You'll find the answer to the question,

What is the difference between maraṇa-s-sati and maraṇa-sañña?

Hint to save you time: most of the sutta references to maraṇa-sañña only list it as part of a list of other meditations, AN 7.49 is the only one that describes the practice of maraṇa-sañña and its purpose in detail.

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