Quotes About Awareness

Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.

Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.

Each moment is all being, each moment is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

This story leads us to epiphanies—when we suddenly understand essential truths about life—which were the eighth wonder of life.

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

Life is rather a short walk through eternity. Be they seeds, pups or infants, on the trek all pick up weight, sensitivity and awareness. Then, much before the end of the run, they deteriorate, head, legs and lungs. The tragicomedy of existence: the long walk of slow decay.

Life is rather a short walk through eternity. Be they seeds, pups or infants, on the trek they all pick up weight, sensitivity and awareness. Then, much before the end of the run, they deteriorate, lead, legs and lungs. The tragicomedy of existence: the long walk of slow decay.

Those who are aware of their mission are strong. Those who live for a mission are beautiful.

Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.

But it was better to know of it than to see it in its daily monotony.

She was hearing the words. They just weren't registering on her Richter scale of sanity.

Chemistry is a funny thing, miss. Sometimes those who are experiencing it aren't always aware they are.

I had to be alone to know we were so close.

Maybe I am losing it. They say a big sign of mental illness is not knowing you have it. But isn't it real insanity to go through the world ignoring people in front of you? All your friends were strangers before they became friends. I sneak glances at the darling strangers on the subway.

How amazing that you can think you are experiencing a profound happening, almost like a miracle--and then you realize that you just made it that way in you mind

Whoever has a perfect vision of one thing, Has the perfect vision of all things, For the emptiness of one thing Is the emptiness of all things. – Aryadeva

All afflictions and deficiencies of life originate from the mind's attachment and clinging.

Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.

Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness.