Attempting Quote by Frederick Lenz

A Zen master is someone whose life is one with enlightenment and self-discovery. They can never be separated from that. They've been essentially mastered…

— Frederick Lenz

In Old Zen, the Zen Master would do literally anything to break down the concept of what the study was. He would present conflicting…

— Frederick Lenz

There is really only one Zen Master ... and that's yourself.

— Frederick Lenz

Zen is not a religion. There is no room for a cult. There is no dependence on a teacher. There is only learning how…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings.

— Frederick Lenz

In the old days, Zen was not really practiced so much in a monastery. The Zen Master usually lived up on a top of…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies,

— D.T. Suzuki

Zen was a reaction. Just as Buddha came into the world and spoke against the fall of Vedanta, so Buddhism lost its essence and…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to…

— Rajneesh

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.

— Gene Clark

I'm a Zen Master. I'm an occult teacher. I teach people how to become that, how to be perfect.

— Frederick Lenz

To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the Buddha's experience.

— D.T. Suzuki