"In studying ourselves, we find the harmony that is our total existence. We do not make harmony. We do not achieve it or gain it. It is there all the time. Here we are, in the midst of this perfect way, and our practice is simply to realize it and then to actualize it in our everyday life."

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Source : John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

John Daishin Buksbazen

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“Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must see these opportunities; they must be real for you. The catch is that they can't seem real if your mind is buried in past failures, if you keep reliving old mistakes, old guilts, old tragedies. Fight your way above the many inevitable Traumatizations of your ego, escape damnation by the past, and look to the opportunities of the present. I don't mean some vague moment in the present -- next week or next month, perhaps. I mean today, this minute.”
“To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to get by the love-of-movies aspect. You can't just be a movie fan.”

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“I need words and print... I need print like an addict. I could live without it, perhaps. But I hope I never have to try.”
“The minds that rise and become really great are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive.”

Source : Claude Bernard “Experimental Medicine”, Transaction Publishers
“There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.”
“The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates like a war and the war like a debate.”
“Life is adventure. Travel is adventure at a different address.”
“Elephants and grandchildren never forget.”

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