Here and now Quote by Taizan Maezumi

“Practice is this life, and realization is this life, and this life is revealed right here and now.”

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Just live that life. It doesn't matter whether it is life or hell, life of the hungry ghost, life of the animal, it's okay; just live that life, see. And as a matter of fact no other way. Where you stand, where you are, that's what your life is right there, regardless of how painful it is or how enjoyable…

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I am not devaluing thoughts. Just do not mix up what we think with what actually is.

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