Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

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

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

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

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

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

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

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

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

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?

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

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

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.

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

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

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.

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

Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

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

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

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

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

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

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

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

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

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

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

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

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

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

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