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Enlightened Quotes by Frederick Lenz

231 Enlightened quotes by Frederick Lenz

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Enlightened people feel a powerful buzz of attention. The quotes explain that becoming enlightened takes time, practice, and a teacher, much like learning any skill. They also stress that letting go of fear and seeking genuine guidance are key steps toward true happiness.

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Buddhism is all about secrets.

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Becoming enlightened is not special, but it's unusual.

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An individual has to be tenacious enough to become enlightened.

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There is deception. People who think they are enlightened and it's just ego.

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If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all.

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We see an enlightened teacher to gain a sense of humor, to learn balance and proportion and of course to learn wisdom.

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To be enlightened means that you really don't change, and yet you're nothing but change.

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It is incumbent upon the student to go to the teacher to learn.

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Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself.

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It is possible to wake up very quickly, to become enlightened, or you can do it gradually.

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Women must work doubly hard to overcome their conditioning in order to become enlightened. They must erase both conscious and unconscious ideas…

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There is obstruction. Enlightenment is not very popular in this world. History tells us that enlightened teachers who made themselves largely available…

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If we get above the individualized soul's journey, you will see that we are all one. We are all one light. In…

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If one is enlightened, one does not perceive life with North, South, East and West. There is no California, there is no…

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Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case.

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When you are enlightened, your physical body will still feel pain if you get hurt, but you will not be overwhelmed even…

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We call it the transmission of the lamp in Zen. That's when we take enlightened states of mind and literally, you can…

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Celibacy doesn't make you enlightened, otherwise every nun or priest in Buddhism or Christianity would be enlightened. People who don't date and…

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People who are enlightened in previous lifetimes have a certain degree of difficulty in regaining their enlightenment. Sometimes it comes in childhood.…

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A teacher is someone who has taken their mind much further than you have. They've gone into the void further. They've seen…

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There are beings who come into this world, from time to time, not simply with miraculous powers, which we call the siddhas,…

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If it's real enlightenment...you're dealing with someone who's broken through every rule, every barrier, every do and do not, and they've reached…

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I can go shopping and pick up some Bounty Towels, the three pack, I can go home and open those up and…

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You may not need a teacher or you may be drawn to one - everything is individual. But the main thing you…

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If you become very close to your teacher, if you do well in your meditation, a deep emotional bond will develop between…

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As an enlightened teacher of Buddhism, I'd like to welcome you to the pathway to enlightenment. I'd like to encourage you to…

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An enlightened master is a perpetual source of the cosmic light because his mind is always merged with nirvana.

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Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.

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Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

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Enlightenment is cumulative. You become a little more enlightened each day as you practice yoga and Buddhism.

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Most teachers are not enlightened. Very few are. That doesn't mean they are not great teachers.

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Becoming enlightened doesn't mean everything works your way.

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The enlightened being can look through states of mind, but they are also outside of them.

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The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity.

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Advanced Teachers always forgive. It is inevitable that anyone who seek knowledge and power will make many mistakes.

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If even one woman in the West were to become enlightened, it would change karmas on this planet.

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How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places.

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Who has that perfect faith and trust? Only such a person with that faith and trust can be enlightened.

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There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.

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The world has never had a greater need for enlightened women and men.

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