Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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

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

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

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

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meditation is the road to happiness.

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

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

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

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

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

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

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

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 quieter you become, the more you can hear.

Sleep is the best meditation.

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

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

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

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

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

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

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

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 mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

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

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

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

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

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

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

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

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

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