Whole of the Satipa.t.thaana sutta is about living in the present.
 D. G. D. C. Wijeratna




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From: Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:04:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Buddha and the present moment.


See the Bhaddekaratta Suttas (M 131-137).

There are others, which others might point out.

With metta,

Piya Tan

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, pgd2507 <pgd2507@... com> wrote:

> Dear pali scholars,
>
> I was wondering if the buddha spoke on what in modern terms is often
> referred as "living in the present moment" or "being in the now".
> Mindfulness of the breath and mindfulness of vedanaa are no doubt excellent
> tools of keeping one in the present moment but are there any suttas
> dedicated to the now and how "being in the now" works beneficially?
>
> with metta,
> PG
>
>
>

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