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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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.

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 difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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

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

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

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Life is available only in the present moment.