It's not my light to begin with, in a sense; it's the light of God, the light of eternity. So take all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I lived in a community where celibacy was the rule. My I saw many people asked to leave the ashram for so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I dive all over the world: Fiji, Australia, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and many other places. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Love can be the only answer. But snowboarding also works for me. Because I love snowboarding! — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I ever write an autobiography about teaching meditation in the West, I'll call it "Pissing In the Wind - Teaching Buddhism… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Of course, there are the old hardcore teacher types like me who sit around and tell jokes, realizing, what's the difference anyway… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even Ramanama is by itself lifeless, but it has become a living symbol of the deity because millions of people have consecrated… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Naturally, the Zen Master Rama philosophy is to have a high state of awareness and material success. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My feeling is that drugs and alcohol take away from the pure experience of meditation. That does not mean that occasionally, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While I enjoy teaching people on the basic and intermediate levels to work them up to advanced levels, my real talent is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Hey, maybe instead of going to college, you should drop out and I could quit my job and we can form an… — Daniel Palladino Copy Share Image
I am the happiest person I've ever met. This is what Buddhist Yoga and a healthy dose of reading the Declaration of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was very drawn to music of all types, from Beethoven to Jimi Hendrix. There were musicians and composers who obviously were… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
With the use of psychedelics, it was all based around the Tibetan Book of the Dead, using them to experience enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am a teacher because teaching allows me to observe the universe at work, that moment when wakefulness suddenly occurs. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is important to have intensive blocks of time together. During our nights together there is a tremendous interchange of knowledge, power… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ramanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Over the years of much self-hate, I came to realize that whether sexuality was in my life or not, it didn't seem… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am an expert in the world of the supremely happy because I am happy. I've never met anybody as happy as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I feel a number of people who will never be students whom I'm corresponding with inwardly. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of my greatest personal heroes is Jerry Lopez. When you can snowboard like he surfs, you'll be there! — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As an incarnation of love you put up with flack until it becomes detrimental to a person. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They presented a description of the world to all of us which was very limited and narrow. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At an early age I found the world a very natural place to be. I was always in a meditative consciousness as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While I am here I would like to experience as many of the beauties of the world as possible and help others… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you want to be liberated, if you choose to be what I am, then you've chosen freedom. You can do this. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I used justice, you'd all be dead. The karma that you throw at me when you don't like me - if… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of… — Rama Swami Copy Share Image
I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A devotee of Rama may be said to be the same as the steadfast one (sthitaprajnya) of the Gita. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In every home in America, in the world, there was cruelty, anger and hatred - things I didn't feel. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
