Awareness in Buddhist Meditation

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3.) Recollection of the Order of Buddhist monks in so far as they
have attained the four stages of sainthood and the fruits thereof
(Saṅghānussati)
4.) Reflection on one’s own virtue and morality (sīlānussati)
5.) Reflection on one’s own degree of detachment (cāgānussati)
6.) Reflection on the reward in celestial spheres following a life of
virtue (devatānussati)
To these six another four are frequently added, which, however,
are not strictly speaking forms of recollection (anussati), but forms
of awareness (sati) as they are being discussed here at present. They
are:
7.) Mindfulness of death (maraṇasati)
8.) Mindfulness of the body (kāyagatāsati)
9.) Mindfulness on breathing (ānāpānasati)
10.) Contemplation on peace (upasamānussati) which leads to the
fading away of defilements 5 .
For the sake of completeness we shall now slightly expand on each
of these ten ‘recollections’, which are mentioned among the forty
recommendations or objects for concentration (kammaṭṭhāna), although
they are not all equally effective 6 .
Recollection of the Buddha
Recollection of the Buddha (Buddhānussati) and his nine good qualities
is found very often in the Suttas as a stanza of praise, in which
5 A.I, 30
6 Ency. Bsm. I, 778