Philosophy Quotes by Frederick Lenz

There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.

— Frederick Lenz

If we are in a high enough state of consciousness we see that life is only a passing dream.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is the left-handing path, meaning it is the road less taken.

— Frederick Lenz

For the person who wants to get to the mystical experience directly, Tantric Buddhism is the path.

— Frederick Lenz

In tantra, samsara is viewed as the same thing as nirvana. Eating a hamburger is meditation.

— Frederick Lenz

If you follow anything far enough in the universe, it will eventually lead to light.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra does not seek any type of experience, nor does it avoid it.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is non-dogmatic, in the sense that we don't care about the sensual world; we don't care about other religious traditions. To…

— Frederick Lenz

In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter…

— Frederick Lenz

Don't try and understand this with your mind. There will be no absolute knowing, no certainty in these thoughts and philosophies and…

— Frederick Lenz

In this world we see the pairs of opposites. Ultimately there are no oppositions. In the superconscious awareness there is no division.

— Frederick Lenz

Everything is subtle. Everything has a million sides. Everything is a manifestation of god. Everything is light. All beings are infinite. All…

— Frederick Lenz

Be neither attracted nor repulsed is the message of Tantric Buddhism. Don't be drawn to something, don't run away from it. Just…

— Frederick Lenz

Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

Music is part of the tantra, the dance of life. Before your eyes, before your awareness, is the procession of eternity.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is spiritual, not religious. It deals with the spirit. Religion is just an applied body of doctrines that's believed or not…

— Frederick Lenz

Practitioners of tantra don't decide to break the rules. They are not particularly hung up on having sex or eating meat or…

— Frederick Lenz

I try to teach people to continually search and question the meaning of everything they are taught and everything they believe in.…

— Frederick Lenz

In tantra one does not seek experiences that most people would consider unspiritual and try to see truth in them. In tantra…

— Frederick Lenz

Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe…

— Frederick Lenz

We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions,…

— Frederick Lenz

Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery…

— Frederick Lenz

The tantras can be very confusing for a person who is new to Buddhism, and for several thousand years the rule was…

— Frederick Lenz

According to Zen philosophy each human being has two minds, a finite mind and an infinite mind.

— Frederick Lenz

It doesn't really matter what you do. It is your state of mind that matters.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra involves radical change, a change in states of awareness.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is for someone who practices all the paths because all the paths encompass tantra.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory.

— Frederick Lenz

There is nothing that you shouldn't do. Everything can be used as a tool for liberation.

— Frederick Lenz

Sex can never bring about enlightenment. Only enlightenment brings about enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is quicker; but for some people it can be spiritually disastrous.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantra is for extremists, but balanced extremists.

— Frederick Lenz

If you find a Tantric master - he has you go and do all the things you hate to do.

— Frederick Lenz

In the western philosophy you can't perceive infinities at every moment. It's not there to do.

— Frederick Lenz

Advanced yoga is not withdrawal from the world. That's a preliminary state.

— Frederick Lenz

Any avenue that you follow leads to light. All roads lead to Rome.

— Frederick Lenz

The emphasis in tantra is not what you find yourself doing, it's on meditation.

— Frederick Lenz

The Ten Commandments have a social purpose, for people who still need a social purpose.

— Frederick Lenz

Tantric Buddhism is just a collection of things that work by doing them. And sometimes we add new things. We have electronic…

— Frederick Lenz