Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.

This is episode number 108.

I am your host Noah Rochetta.

And today I am going to talk about a Buddhist teaching called the Five Remembrances.

As always keep in mind you don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist.

You can use what you learn to be a better whatever you already are.

The Five Remembrances come from a discourse or a teaching attributed to the Buddha called

Upajatana Sutta.

The Upajatana Sutta is found if you want to read the original discourse yourself.

It's the 57th discourse in the fifth book of the Pali Canon's Angutara Nikaya.

The Discourse is abbreviated designation is AN5.57 or ANV like the Roman numeral 5.57.

In case you want to look it up and read it for yourself.

This Sutta is often referred to as subjects for contemplation.

And the discourse advises that these Five Remembrances are to be reflected upon often

and by all.

And they are often referred to as the Five Remembrances.

I think that's the most common name but also the supreme contemplation or the Five

recollections and a few other variations.

I am going to refer to them as important things to think about or perhaps even better

important things to think about often.

So what are the important things that we should think about often?

The Buddha told his followers that reflecting on these five important things often will

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