All Frederick Lenz Quotes
- Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen - in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show… Bodhidharma
- Now when I speak about Zen, I have a problem, in the sense that the Zen of today has lost the essence, in my estimation,… Call
- Zen has lost its zip, if you will, or its nothingness and has become ritualistic Its established in monastaries with strict codes of koan study. Code
- Old Zen is the way of nothingness, the way of having a good time. Good
- Old Zen was very funny; there was a great deal of humor and happiness. Zen today seems much drier. While there's a certain amount of… Amount
- Old Zen was the reduction of concepts to absurdity. Absurdity
- Different schools of Zen have evolved, principally the Rinzai and Soto orders. A whole hierarchy has developed for the teaching and practice of Zen. Zen… Certain
- If you're very, very conservative and you like that sort of practice, go find a very conservative Zen master and just do traditional Japanese practice,… Conservative
- It is only in the last 800 years that the rules have come into being and conservative Zen has surfaced. It is not particularly popular… All
- If you're very liberal, then you should go and find a very liberal Zen teacher, a liberal interpretation of the doctrines of the Soto or… Doctrine
- Zen is a study. It's a discipline. It involves the active use of will to make things happen or not happen. These are the secrets… Active
- The path of Zen is not easy. It's wonderful. It's beautiful beyond compare. You will experience more ecstasy and beauty than most people will in… Beautiful
- Meditation is the way the mind is. That's why in Zen they call it the natural state, which means you don't have to go and… Call
- The light is already there. In Zen Buddhism there's a little speck of dust on the mirror, and that's us. Buddhism
- The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that we… Anyone
- To have the illusion of selfhood simply means that when you look in the mirror, you see somebody. Illusion
- In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit,… Balance
- In Zen there is a sense of blending, of stepping out of your body and mind and gaining access to powers and abilities that are… Abilities
- In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't… Abuse
- The study of Zen is the study of energy, power, knowledge and balance. It is the science of energy conservation and control. We use energy… Aid