“Becoming a Buddha with this body” also means the instant or momentary attainment of Buddhahood. In other words, it explains that each moment is a moment of decision wherein we can give in to the defilements or see and act with the clarity of our Buddha-nature. We should reflect on the fact that we only live from moment to moment. The past is always just a memory. The future is always an unrealized possibility. The present is always just a single passing moment, which is all we ever have. It would be a great mistake, then, to overlook the moment in which we are living because we have been led to believe that nothing significant can happen in such a small amount of time. In truth, all the time that we will ever have is in the present moment. Awakening is not something that we slowly build up over time or earn through countless lifetimes of effort. It is our complete awareness of and engagement with the truth of the present moment in which we are living.