Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Behind the transient reality, there is something else. It is a deeper, more permanent and unchanging reality that we Buddhists call nirvana. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not be a sniveler. Do not say you can't be happy, you can't be enlightened. How do you know? It is… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Spend time alone in areas of low population density, where you can feel the stillness. Go out into the desert or up… — Frederick Lenz Alone time Copy Share Image
I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical… — Frederick Lenz Attention Copy Share Image
If you are seeking power and knowledge, you need to go to places that are healthy and happy and radiant. Avoid places… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
It is through many lifetimes of shifting the aggregate of the self that one finally reaches a point of maximum velocity whereby… — Frederick Lenz Circles Copy Share Image
Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They… — Frederick Lenz Birth Copy Share Image
Perhaps my own struggle against the negativity created by these so-called critics has enabled me to develop a more resilient, peaceful, inner… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak… — Frederick Lenz Awareness Copy Share Image
The real problem is not increasing your energy. The problem is losing it. If you stop the loss and you simply meditate,… — Frederick Lenz Energy Copy Share Image
One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is necessary to be occupied almost all the time, to have your mind focused; otherwise, you get very spaced out. There… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Let us say that you wanted a romantic partner who is in a higher sate of mind, a nicer person. The reason… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
You see a very advanced master who's got a girlfriend, who listens to rock and roll, who thinks about things that are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I do have a staff of what some people would consider to be very attractive, chic women. They are not on the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center… — Frederick Lenz Attention Copy Share Image
When someone says to me "I want to be enlightened." I immediately take a vacation because I know that the person isn't… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Everything is the will of God - we are only instruments of her will and we learn to just love and accept. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When we interact with others the ego manifests. We have to show that we're superior or that we know more, are more… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
When you follow the path of love you should feel that each one is perfect in their own right. While you can… — Frederick Lenz Bhakti yoga Copy Share Image
Everything depends on your state of awareness. If your state of awareness is low, then all the material success in the world… — Frederick Lenz Awareness Copy Share Image
As I'm sure you know by now, most people aren't really very happy. Beyond their surface appearances, the smiles they wear for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Beyond this world are countless dimensions. They stretch on forever. You can travel to them and have experiences in them. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
There are worlds beyond anything you can imagine; there are joys beyond anything you have experienced. There are ecstasies that are undreamed… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Someone else would come, another self that was a little more refined, that had a little more purity, a little more humility,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the study of power initially. It takes a certain amount of power to even know your potential - to have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you're powerful enough you can even determine whom you will meet and whom you will avoid long before you meet them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At… — Frederick Lenz Birth Copy Share Image
Humility means realizing that it's fun to give everything away, particularly the things that you are most attached to. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Some people think Taoism means not doing anything, just going on with your life. That has little or nothing to do with… — Frederick Lenz Heaven and earth Copy Share Image
It's not what you do that matters. It's not what you say. There's nothing that is not holy or spiritual. Be beyond… — 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 Buddhism Copy Share Image
There is no life and there is no death. Life and death are moving shadows cast upon the ground by clouds that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The magic of life, of course, is not something that can be explained. Structures can only take us to the point where… — Frederick Lenz Architecture Copy Share Image
What you focus on you become. If you spend an hour or two a day meditating and focusing on light, then you… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Enlightenment, meditation is really a shift in perception. It's not a thing that you go and do or become, since you're already… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
There are planes that are not light. There are planes that are shadowy. But that is not our interest in meditation. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
