The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

Meditation is not about trying to change your experience; it's about changing your relationship to your experience.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The practice of meditation is like learning to play an instrument - it takes patience, regular practice, and a gentle touch.

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.