Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

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

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

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

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

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

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

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

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

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.