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

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

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

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

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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.

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.

All experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, and suffering follows as the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

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 great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

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

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

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

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

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

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

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.