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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

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

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

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

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

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.

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

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

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

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

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