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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

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

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.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

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.

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

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

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

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.