Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
Founder of Buddhism
Often attributed, but a modern poetic rendering of mindfulness teachings.
c. 5th century BCE
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