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**Markdogas** · 09-23-2011, 07:33 AM

Hi Kaarine. Thanks for your response! Your point about preventing the mind to wander endlessly reminds me of one point I forgot to mention. It seems like, if the Buddha is using a word that means "to remember", he is also implying that, much of the time, we don't remember. That, usually we forget the breath or are not aware of it. That might be an interesting way to interpret this Sutta: the Buddha is trying to get us to remember the properties of not-self, impermanence, and unsatisfactoriness.

Hi Aloka-D, that seems to correspond to Kaarine's response as well. It is a pretty interesting, strategic word choice, definitely.

09-23-2011, 07:33 AM	#4
Markdogas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	Hi Kaarine. Thanks for your response! Your point about preventing the mind to wander endlessly reminds me of one point I forgot to mention. It seems like, if the Buddha is using a word that means "to remember", he is also implying that, much of the time, we don't remember. That, usually we forget the breath or are not aware of it. That might be an interesting way to interpret this Sutta: the Buddha is trying to get us to remember the properties of not-self, impermanence, and unsatisfactoriness. Hi Aloka-D, that seems to correspond to Kaarine's response as well. It is a pretty interesting, strategic word choice, definitely.
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