user24100: In what sutta did the Buddha say: "Don't let the moment pass you by"?
Thanks.

user23952: "Don't let the moment pass you by" found in four or more suttas with this google search.
Put differently as, "Death, monks, is but a gap of a thought away," here.

user254: I looked up the one in Dhammapada 315:

don’t let the moment pass you by.
khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;

The PTS dictionary entries for khaṇa suggests a dual meaning -- i.e. of "moment" and of "opportunity" -- and translates the phrase as, "let not the slightest time be wasted".
I like that phrasing better, incidentally, because it's more impersonal i.e. without the "you" that's present in the phrase "pass you by".
Also perhaps, does that the fact that "upaccagā" is "aorist" mean that the point of the statement is NOT to detail the process of the moment's passing by -- and is instead a statement that focuses on the whole or result, something like, "don't let it be in a has-passed-by state".

24100: <p>In what sutta did the Buddha say: <em>&quot;Don't let the moment pass you by&quot;</em>?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
 23952: <p>&quot;Don't let the moment pass you by&quot; found in four or more suttas with <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Don%27t%20let%20the%20moment%20pass%20you%20by%20site%3ADhammatalks.org%2Fsuttas&amp;lr=&amp;safe=images&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;sxsrf=AJOqlzWi5KsKDnzkAsYJTk2BRcLd95ZTZw%3A1674071252267&amp;ei=1EzIY7_lD8XZptQPhtOB0Ac&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi_n8ey8dH8AhXFrIkEHYZpAHoQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Don%27t%20let%20the%20moment%20pass%20you%20by%20site%3ADhammatalks.org%2Fsuttas&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQA0oECEEYAUoECEYYAFDHGVjzH2CjImgBcAB4AIABSIgBkAGSAQEymAEAoAEBwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> google search.</p>
<p>Put differently as, &quot;Death, monks, is but a gap of a thought away,&quot; <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN10_196.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
 254: <p>I looked up the one in <a href="https://suttacentral.net/dhp306-319/en/sujato?layout=linebyline&amp;reference=none&amp;notes=asterisk&amp;highlight=false&amp;script=latin#dhp315:4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhammapada 315</a>:</p>
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<p>don’t let the moment pass you by.<br />
khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;</p>
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<p>The PTS dictionary entries for <a href="https://suttacentral.net/define/kha%E1%B9%87a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">khaṇa</a> suggests a dual meaning -- i.e. of &quot;moment&quot; and of &quot;opportunity&quot; -- and translates the phrase as, &quot;let not the slightest time be wasted&quot;.</p>
<p>I like that phrasing better, incidentally, because it's more impersonal i.e. without the &quot;you&quot; that's present in the phrase &quot;pass you by&quot;.</p>
<p>Also perhaps, does that the fact that &quot;upaccagā&quot; is &quot;aorist&quot; mean that the point of the statement is NOT to detail the process of the moment's passing by -- and is instead a statement that focuses on the whole or result, something like, &quot;don't let it be in a has-passed-by state&quot;.</p>
