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Power Thoughts: Mindfulness Mantras

from the Masters

“Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you—in your body, heart, and mind. Mindfulness is awareness, without criticism or judgment.”

—Hab Chozen Bays

“Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts, and can guide them with considerably more intention.”

—Dustin Moskovitz

“Paying attention to, and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body, is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind.”

—Ravi Ravindra

“Sati—sampajanna (‘Mindfulness and clear comprehension’) should be examined carefully from the point of view of the centipede who could not walk when she thought about how she moved her limbs. And also from the point of view of absorption in, say, artistic creation, and detached observation of it. Absorption in piano playing or painting seems to be ‘successful,’ but detached observation or enjoyment of ‘my playing’…seems to have the centipede effect.”

—Nanamoli Thera

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

—Pema Chödrön