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 trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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.

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

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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