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

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

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.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

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

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

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

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

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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