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

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

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

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

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

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

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

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

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.

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

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

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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?

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

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

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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