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

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.

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

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 attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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?

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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.

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

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

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

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