Quotes on Mindfulness

Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going, with no judgments of right or wrong, neither staying nor going. This, then, is the Great Way.

In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.

This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens.

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.