禅Thích Nhất Hạnh

proverb

The Present Moment

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments. When you touch the present deeply, you touch the past and the future at the same place.

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Attribution

Lineage: Plum Village

By Thích Nhất Hạnh

Sources

  • contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

    Cuong Tu Nguyen

    pp. 150–175

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