The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

We must learn to see that the person in front of us is ourself and that we are that person.

Recall a simple and ancient truth: the subject of knowledge cannot exist independently from the object of knowledge. To see is to see something. To hear is to hear something.

Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.

“Is family life easier than being a bachelor?” I asked. Allen didn’t answer directly. But I understood. I asked another question: “A lot of people say that if you have a family you’re less lonely and have more security. Is that true?” Allen nodded his head and mumbled something softly. But I understood.

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.

“The Bodhisattva helps row living beings to the other shore but in fact no living beings are being helped to the other shore.”

Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.

On the same spot I sit today Others came, in ages past, to sit. One thousand years, still others will come. Who is the singer, and who the listener?

See that your skeleton is not you. Your bodily form is not you. Be at one with life. Live eternally in the trees and grass, in other people, in the birds and other beasts, in the sky, in the ocean waves. Your skeleton is only one part of you. You are present everywhere and in every moment. You are not only a bodily form, or even feelings, thoughts,