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.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

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

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

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.

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

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

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

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.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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.

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

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

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