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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.