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 Posted May 13th, 2010 18:08 IP   
"When we think of "now" in the ordinary sense, we assume that there is a linear flow of time from the past into the present and forward into the future. Actually, it isn't that way at all. Actually, all that there really is, is now. As the scenery of the present, however, there is a past, present, and future. Let me say that again: within the present, there is a past, a present, and a future. The past and future are real and alive only in the present. This concept of time in Buddhist thought is very important. It is different from the notion in Western philosophy that time flows from the past, into the present, and on into a future in a linear way. According to Buddhist teachings it doesn't quite work that way. The past, present, and future are all contained within the present."
~ Opening the Hand of Thought (Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice), Kosho Uchiyama, Wisdom Publications, 2004, page 13
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