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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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