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**lrtoinbert** · 09-19-2011, 12:29 PM

Most likely. I suspect they're allusions to memes contemporary to the Buddha's time and location, though.

I will tell you a secret.

As I said, the nutriments have always intrigued me. Then yesterday, on another forum, a member started a thread asking for the sutta about nutriment.

Then, somehow, my mind came to interpret the last three similes. After around 15 years with these riddles in the back of my mind, the interpretation arose spontenously.

So I thought to start this thread. (Yes, at the end, I will post my opinion.)

The similes are excellent similes but not each is directly about the four nutriments themselves or the subject matter in the sutta.

09-19-2011, 12:29 PM	#13
lrtoinbert Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	Most likely. I suspect they're allusions to memes contemporary to the Buddha's time and location, though. I will tell you a secret. As I said, the nutriments have always intrigued me. Then yesterday, on another forum, a member started a thread asking for the sutta about nutriment. Then, somehow, my mind came to interpret the last three similes. After around 15 years with these riddles in the back of my mind, the interpretation arose spontenously. So I thought to start this thread. (Yes, at the end, I will post my opinion.) The similes are excellent similes but not each is directly about the four nutriments themselves or the subject matter in the sutta.
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