All Frederick Lenz Quotes
- Your journey is to see how deeply you can interface your mind with infinity. That's the journey of a monk - to see. Deeply
- Gaining energy is accomplished by meditating, by right actions, right thoughts, right deeds, by studying with a real teacher or by just studying the teachings,… Accomplished
- Determine where you are and where you wish to be. Then use all of your self-effort to make that happen, following the guiding principles of… All
- You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity. Adversity
- A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary. Be completely selfless;… Completely
- Care, but don't be pushy! Don't preach about enlightenment to people who don't really want to hear about it. Care
- Share the way by being a good example. Example
- Be fair. Don't present your version of the truth to others. Lose your ulterior motives! Be accurate and pure in your presentation of the way,… Accurate
- The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge. Consciousness
- It is good to have respect for all beings because who knows what anyone can do? All
- We must be able to deal with ridicule and scorn, which it always seems that Buddhists receive. But we feel that it doesn't matter. God's… Able
- You don't want to become so sensitive that you can't interact with people in the world. If you get to that point, you are not… Development
- Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you progress towards enlightenment,… Awesome
- Enlightenment is not about being political. It is not a social club. Ashrams often turn into that, I know. Societies of enlightenment often just become… Ashrams
- I think cosmopolitan spirituality is the best, where we go beyond "My teacher is better than yours" or "My meditation form is better than yours."… Awareness
- Feel the underlying meaning of the teachings that are espoused by me or anyone else. The word's don't mean much. Words are supposed to be… Action
- This is Zen, and in Zen, as we all know ... anything goes! All
- There is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules. Etiquette
- Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know. Breath
- Zen is about breaking out of your ideas and experiencing life and not ideas. Breaking