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

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

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

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

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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

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

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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