Through the repetition of the refrain, the Buddha reminds us again and again what are the essential aspects of the practice: • Contemplating our experience internally, externally, and both; • Contemplating the nature of impermanence—the arising, the passing away, and both the arising and passing away in regard to our experience; • Establishing enough mindfulness to recognize simply what is unfolding moment to moment — without mental commentary—and to remain mindful of what’s happening; • Abiding without clinging to anything that enters our realm of experience.
“Contemplating means being mindful of in the moment “
-Joseph Goldstein
Contemplating doesn’t refer to thinking about
However insight can be gained also through inference which implies some form of thinking
Bhante vimilararamsi uses the word observation in place of the word contemplation
