Quotes About Mindfulness

Similarly by looking deeply into the nature of impermanence and no self, you can also touch the nature of nirvana.

Practicing mindfulness means that instead of reacting to whatever stimulus is around us or provokes us, we go back to our breathing, we calm our body, we stop our thinking, and we bring the mind home to the body in the present moment.

The Buddha has taught that body and mind are one. In order to go far on your monastic path, you need to know how to take care of your body.

Once one knows who one is, there is no need to be concerned about where one will go, whether it be the Pure Land, paradise, or Sukh?vat? (the Land of Great Happiness).

The essence of Zen is Awakening. This is why one does not talk about Zen, one experiences it .

Instead of saying that being leads to birth, we should say that being and nonbeing lead to birth and death. In our head, we have become used to the idea that when we are born we come into being out of nonbeing and when we die we go from being into nonbeing. If we remove the idea of being and nonbeing, there is no more idea of birth and death.

The energy of mindfulness has the element of friendship and loving kindness in it.

Knowing how to suffer well is essential to realizing true happiness.

In a family, if there is one person who practices mindfulness, the entire family will be more mindful. Because of the presence of one member who lives in mindfulness, the entire family is reminded to live in mindfulness.

we practice the Five Contemplations before eating. The second Contemplation is, "May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.

The place and the food should be appropriate. What we eat is very important. Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are. Tell me where you eat, and I will tell you who you are. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into what and how much we consume every day, we'll come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, and consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our body and our consciousness.

Nonfear is the basis of true happiness, and if you can offer nonfear to someone, you are giving that person the best kind of gift.

Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.

As we learn, whether by reading, listening, or discussing, we need to be open so we can see ways to put what we learn into practice. If learning is not followed by reflecting and practicing, it is not true learning.

Nonfear is the cream of the Buddha's teaching. Practicing

Mindful consumption is the way out of our difficulties, not just our personal difficulties, but also the way out of war, poverty, and climate crisis.

When we are mindful, touching deeply the present moment, the fruits are always understanding, acceptance, love, and the desire to relieve suffering and bring joy.

We agreed that the true enemy of man is not man. Our enemy is not outside of us. Our true enemy is the anger, hatred, and discrimination that is found in the hearts and minds of man.

Practicing meditation, we can generate the energies of mindfulness and concentration. These energies will lead us back to the insight that nothing is really born or dies. We can truly remove our fear of death. When we understand that we cannot be destroyed, we are liberated from fear. It is a great relief. Nonfear is the ultimate joy. If

Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating us.

To practice aimlessness doesn't mean that we don't have a dream or aspiration. It means to stay in touch with the ultimate dimension in the present moment, so we can realize our dreams with joy, ease, and freedom.

A smile makes you a master of yourself.

Tu verdadero hogar es aquello que el Buda llamó la isla interior, el lugar apacible que hay en tu interior. A menudo no te das cuenta de que está ahí, ni siquiera sabes dónde estás, porque hay un ambiente ruidoso tanto dentro como fuera de ti. Necesitas una cierta quietud para descubrir esa isla interior.

If one clings merely to a system of concepts, one only becomes stuck. The meditation on interdependence is to help one penetrate reality in order to be one with it, not to become caught up in philosophical opinion or meditation methods. The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn't the moon itself.