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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

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

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.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

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

Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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