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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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