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THE NOW IS	SUTRA	"THE" is a directing (person), demonstrative pronoun; "NOW" is an object of concept (symbol), present (momentariness), changing movement of this world phenomena--present as eternity; and "IS" is what is present, the one and only presence, that the world phenomena continue to exist. oo "The" points to the world phenomena of "NOW" , and that the world phenomena exist means "IS". "IS" is how the world phenomena appears as "NOW", directed by "THE". At the same time, "NOW" is a concept which expresses the appearance, which is "IS". e "The now is" sutra concept by Hiroshi Kariya
	Sutra, sanskrit: meaning literally thread or string to bind the book (teach of life), Sutrasacred code, or measuring line, fiber, line sketch, plan. Kariya adopted as his sutra the words "the now is" expresses a link between events, objects, and people. These words are written thousands of times on the works. Three of the simplest words in the English language, they convey a sense of immediacy and the present tense, in which Kariya experiences the creation of each work. (essay, part by Julie Courtney, ICA Philadelphia, 1990)	"NOW" is a concept -- a basic concept --that the whole universe, including us humans and every phenomenon in nature, exists as pseudo-phenomenon in this world. That this basic concept works as as actual phenomenon and exists is "IS". What directs and revels this basic concept of "NOW" is "THE". oo Thus Kariya's work exists first of all as a demonstrative pronoun "THE". At the sane time, this demonstrative function works as "IS", both in a sense of existing as a phenomenon and as a creative expression. Such a demonstrative conduct and function of existence are all included in the concept of "NOW" in the sense of forming "the present". In this way, three elements of "THE", "NOW", and "IS" include each other while existing independently, and they are part of each other while each is the whole. They consist of the tripartite unity--direction, concept and existence. e essay on Hiroshi Kariya's work: Tripartite Unity of "the now is" by Yasushi Kurabayashi
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