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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Sleep is the best meditation.

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

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

Meditation is the road to happiness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

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.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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

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

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

Zazen is not step-by-step meditation. Rather it is simply the easy and pleasant practice of a Buddha, the realization of the Buddha's Wisdom.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.