--- title: "24 Tantric Zen Quotes By Frederick Lenz" description: "24 Tantric Zen quotes by Frederick Lenz. Plus more from Frederick Lenz and more Tantric Zen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it_232287.jpg" --- > [In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does ... .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it-does/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it_232287.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is a state of mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind-2333171_2333171.jpg) > [In Tantric Zen you can be humorous and make fun of anything or you can be very serious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-make-fun-of-anything-or-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-m_1121185.jpg) > [It is necessary to have a very liberal and simultaneously very conservative mentality to practice Tantric Zen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-and-simultaneously-very/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-a_1997042.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-more-suited-for-this-age-that-we-live-in-it-give-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/frederick-lenz-8_age_tantric-zen-is-more-suited-for-this-age_184955.jpg) > [Your immediate experience is Tantric Zen. How aware are you of your immediate experience? - Probably not that aware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/your-immediate-experience-is-tantric-zen-how-aware-are-you-of-your/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_your-immediate-experience-is-tantric-zen_2698461.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-the-awareness-of-the-infinitude-of-all-things-to-gain/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/frederick-lenz-8_all-things_tantric-zen-is-the-awareness-of-the-infi_1532377.jpg) > [What I term Zen, old Zen, the original face of Zen, new Zen, pure Zen, or Tantric Zen is - Zen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-i-term-zen-old-zen-the-original-face-of-zen-new-zen-pure-zen-or/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_what-i-term-zen-old-zen-the-original-fac_2618193.jpg) > [Tantric Zen, and the people who practice it, of course, make some people feel extremely uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-and-the-people-who-practice-it-of-course-make-some-people/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-and-the-people-who-practice_2172167.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-the-exploration-of-everything-since-everything-is-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-the-exploration-of-everyt_1722024.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is not being kinky; nor is it being conservative and austere. It is eclectic. It is a real mixture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-not-being-kinky-nor-is-it-being-conservative-and/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/frederick-lenz-8_all-things_tantric-zen-is-not-being-kinky-nor-is-it_809335.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is for someone who is really broad-minded. It is Bodhidharma's Zen, your Zen, my Zen. Which doesn't mean I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-for-someone-who-is-really-broad-minded-it-is/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/frederick-lenz-8_broads_tantric-zen-is-for-someone-who-is-really_1420022.jpg) > [The emphasis is on meditation in Tantric Zen. The experience of meditation in formal practice, zazen, where you're sitting down and meditating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-emphasis-is-on-meditation-in-tantric-zen-the-experience-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/frederick-lenz-8_concentrating_the-emphasis-is-on-meditation-in-tantric_1972858.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-for-the-individual-who-is-in-love-with-both-the-finite/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-for-the-individual-who-is_3192714.jpg) > [Find a teacher of Tantric Zen and study with them because it is transference of awareness, a sharing of the perception of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/find-a-teacher-of-tantric-zen-and-study-with-them-because-it-is/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/frederick-lenz-8_awareness_find-a-teacher-of-tantric-zen-and-study_648560.jpg) > [From my own personal encounters and studies with both Tantric and Zen Buddhist monks, I have found them to be humorous, warm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/from-my-own-personal-encounters-and-studies-with-both-tantric-and-zen/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_from-my-own-personal-encounters-and-stud_2435728.jpg) > [What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-is-tantric-zen-well-i-don-t-think-i-can-give-you-a-straight/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/frederick-lenz-8_answers_what-is-tantric-zen-well-i-don-t-think-i_921729.jpg) > [Tantric Zen, at first, does not appear to have a method. In Tantric Zen, you could meditate on a Brillo box or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-at-first-does-not-appear-to-have-a-method-in-tantric-zen/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/frederick-lenz-8_boxes_tantric-zen-at-first-does-not-appear-to_3146794.jpg) > [Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-leads-to-illumination-and-fun-right-here-and-now-which-is/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-leads-to-illumination-and-fu_883623.jpg) > [In Tantric Zen there is no rule. There is only your immediate experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-there-is-no-rule-there-is-only-your-immediate/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-there-is-no-rule-there-is_219084.jpg) > [In Tantric Zen, career, relationships, the type of insurance you have - all things are part of your evolution, your awareness, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-career-relationships-the-type-of-insurance-you-have/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/frederick-lenz-8_all-things_in-tantric-zen-career-relationships-the_2769642.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is the original Zen, Zen without rules, Zen without form. Zen can certainly take rules and form. So Tantric Zen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-the-original-zen-zen-without-rules-zen-without-form/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-the-original-zen-zen-with_2439504.jpg) > [There's a place where everything comes together and where it's all the same. That state of mind, in which all things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-s-a-place-where-everything-comes-together-and-where-it-s-all/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/frederick-lenz-8_all-things_there-s-a-place-where-everything-comes-t_839311.jpg) > [Tantric Zen is all about the practice of zazen meditation. If you meditate well, you'll be in very powerful states of mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-all-about-the-practice-of-zazen-meditation-if-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-all-about-the-practice-of_1097898.jpg) ## More by Frederick Lenz > [There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-places-that-are-very-draining-there-are-places-where-there/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-draw-power-from-everything-in-your-life-in-order-to-do-that/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everyone-will-admire-you-when-you-do-well-what-a-horrible-thing-to-do/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-word-that-means-enlightenment-being-beyond-the-illusion/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-the-most-miraculous-thing-is-learning-i-get-out-of-the-way/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-choose-to-draw-from-the-inner-well-of-free-will-then-you-can/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-amount-of-the-mystical/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightened-people-live-in-very-charged-states-of-attention-with-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/only-alone-can-you-go-into-eternity-only-alone-can-you-feel-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/balance-is-the-ability-to-be-happy-in-the-midst-of-the-most-chaotic/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-sound-man-immune-as-to-a-sacrifice-of-straw-dogs-faces-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/karma-means-changing-planes-of-reality-or-changing-fields-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-and-i-are-both-life-there-s-just-the-experience-of-every-moment/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/why-waste-your-time-being-around-people-who-drag-you-down-you-don-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everybody-here-is-so-caught-up-in-the-game-of-life-they-don-t-see/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tantric-zen/frederick-lenz/#itemlist", "name": "24 Tantric Zen Quotes By Frederick Lenz", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does ... .", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it-does/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it_232287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it_232287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-it-doesn-t-matter-but-it_232287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does ... .” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tantric Zen is a state of mind", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind-2333171_2333171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind-2333171_2333171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_tantric-zen-is-a-state-of-mind-2333171_2333171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tantric Zen is a state of mind” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Tantric Zen you can be humorous and make fun of anything or you can be very serious.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-make-fun-of-anything-or-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-m_1121185.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-m_1121185.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-tantric-zen-you-can-be-humorous-and-m_1121185.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Tantric Zen you can be humorous and make fun of anything or you can be very serious.” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is necessary to have a very liberal and simultaneously very conservative mentality to practice Tantric Zen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-and-simultaneously-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-a_1997042.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-a_1997042.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_it-is-necessary-to-have-a-very-liberal-a_1997042.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is necessary to have a very liberal and simultaneously very conservative mentality to practice Tantric Zen.” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. 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