“You must concentrate on the present. In the present, there is no anxiety. The past is a dream. The future is a phantom.”

About Taisen Deshimaru

Zen Master • Japanese

He was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher and the founder of the Association Zen Internationale. Deshimaru traveled to Europe in 1967, settling in Paris, where he became a key figure in the transmission of Zen to the...