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Reference wanted for "To see your past karma, look at your present body (and environment)...."

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This is a reference request, not a doctrine question. I recall seeing a quote from a Buddhist text or teacher roughly to this effect... - To see your *past* karma, look at your present *body* (and environment). - To see your *future* lives, look at your present *mind*. The closest I can find now from a teacher or text is a quote from Philip Kapleau's *Three Pillars of Zen*... > Thus our present life and circumstances are the products of our past > thoughts and actions, and in the same way our deeds in this life will > fashion our future mode of existence.” (p. 408) ... which is close -- "life and circumstances" vs "body and environment" and "deeds" vs "mind"-- but not quite. If anybody can supply a pointer to the body/environment/mind version, I'd be grateful.
Asked by David Lewis (1187 rep)
Apr 21, 2018, 06:48 PM
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