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 most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.

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

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.

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

Sleep is the best meditation.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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

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.

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

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

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

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

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

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

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

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

The zazen I speak of is not meditation practice. It is simply the dharma gate of joyful ease.

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

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

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.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

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

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

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

The moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

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

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The practice of meditation is like tuning an instrument. Too tight, and the strings break. Too loose, and they won't play.

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

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

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

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.

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

The only way to fail at meditation is to stop doing it.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.