Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The joy of life is born of concentration. When you are having a cup of tea, the value of that experience depends on your concentration. You have to drink the tea with 100 percent of your concentration.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace... a necessary step in the direction of peace for the world.

You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.