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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.