Dear Stefan,
Op 20 aug 2013, om 12:37 heeft stefan_karpik het volgende geschreven:

> I think Dhammapada Verse 348. Reaching The Further Shore, advises
> against present moment awareness:
> Let go before, let go the after,
> let go the middle, beyond the becoming.
> With mind released in every way
> you'll come no more to birth, decay.

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N: I would take it this way: do not cling even to the present.
As I understand the teachings, the Buddha speaks all the time about seeing, hearing etc. of this moment. How otherwise could one realize their characteristics? If it would not be the present reality we can only think and speculate. The Buddha's teachings would be mere theory.
You find that the citta is so fast. That is right. There can only be mindfulness of what has just gone but we can stll call it the present reality. Take attachment. It can and should be object of mindfulness, otherwise it could never be eradicated. Mindfulness accompanies kusala citta and it could not accompany akusala citta with attachment. But it can still be aware of the characteristic of the lobha that has just gone. Indeed, cittas arise and fall away succeeding one another extremely rapidly.
We should not try to catch the present moment, than the self is at work. Mindfulness is anattaa it does not belong to anyone. It can only arise when there are the right conditions, namely, listening and considering the Dhamma over and over again. Above all, understanding that also sati and pa~n~naa are anattaa. Any wishing or trying works counteractive.

Nina.



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