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 technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 past is for learning from, not for living in.

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

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

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.

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

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

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

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

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