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Frederick Lenz was an American author known for his profound understanding and unique insights into Zen Buddhism. His works blended Zen philosophy with modern life, resonating with readers worldwide.

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“Sahaja samadhi means that you have just gone back and forth so many times that there is no back and forth. All you see is enlightenment in this world and the other side. There is no other side anymore. It means that you are wakeful.”

World Mean Sides Gone This World Enlightenment Back And Forth Samadhi

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“To be fixated on Sahaja Samadhi is to be fixated. To be fixated on the idea of being not fixated is fixation too. All these ideas and definitions about enlightenment become silly.”

Ideas Enlightenment Definitions Silly Samadhi Fixation

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“Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.”

Mind Philosophy Enlightenment Reflection All Things Aids

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“Tantra is not sexual yoga. When the word tantra is used in the West, very often people immediately associate it with some kind of sexual yoga in which you use sex as a vehicle for enlightenment.”

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“Sex can never bring about enlightenment. Only enlightenment brings about enlightenment.”

Philosophy Sex Enlightenment

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“There's a path in enlightenment called the path of negation where we intentionally throw ourselves into experiences that are extremely transient. In other words, we do all the stuff you're supposed to normally avoid to become enlightened, intentionally.”

Philosophy Stuff Path Enlightenment Enlightened Transient Negation

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“There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.”

Philosophy Study Enlightenment

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“We're connected to the Buddhist order, to the mind of enlightenment. All day long we draw the power and force from that world, from all the teachers and all the adherents of the practices and the principles.”

World Mind Long Order Force Principles Practice Teacher Mindfulness Draws Enlightenment Connected Buddhist

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“To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.”

World Mean Perfect Attention This World Letting Go Enlightenment Planes Concentration

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“The advanced education in Tantra obviously has to do with the entrance into samadhi, the negation of the self. That is what the path of negation means, not the negation of life, but the negation of anything that is not enlightenment.”

Mean Self Path Enlightenment Concentration Entrances Tantra Samadhi Negation Advanced Education

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“In the enlightenment cycle, attention is paid to bringing back the awareness field from other lives. This does not simply mean memory, but rather the internal power and intelligence that you have amassed in other lifetimes.”

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“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 by Zen.”

Self Life Is Masters Enlightenment Discovery Self Discovery Zen Master

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“The hallmark of a person who is following the pathway to enlightenment is that they bring excellence into everything, no matter how crappy they feel.”

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“The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack control. What can you teach someone who lacks control?”

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“Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.”

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“Don't judge others. Always be open to them. Avoid the cult mentality, you know, the super-slick, "I'm superior because I meditate, because I'm on the pathway to enlightenment," the subtle ego nonsense, terrible trap.”

Knows Judging Buddhism Terrible Ego Enlightenment Superiors Buddhist Nonsense Subtle Mentality Traps Cult Etiquette Pathways Slick

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“As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn.”

Should Attitude Students Buddhism Enlightenment Buddhist Enlightened Etiquette

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“You have to come to the world of enlightenment with open hands, not clinched fists, without an agenda.”

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“An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened.”

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“In America people have this funny idea about enlightenment and money. Money expresses a level of commitment. Studying enlightenment is like going to a university.”

People Ideas America Levels Study Buddhism Enlightenment Commitment University Buddhist Etiquette

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“The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists.”

Purpose Teacher Buddhism Enlightenment Buddhist Etiquette

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“Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the right direction.”

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“If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies, the difficulty with it is that you will not be moving towards enlightenment.”

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“Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood. It's gross ignorance and egotism.”

Feels Ideas Ignorance Buddhism Enlightenment Illusion Buddhist This Life No Idea Destined Gross Etiquette Egotism

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“Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment.”

Self Moments Hate Causes Enjoy Buddhism Enlightenment Currents Buddhist Etiquette Self Hate

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“Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total purpose of a monk.”

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“Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.”

Care Buddhism Enlightenment Don't Care Buddhist Enlightened Etiquette

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“What matters is that you meditate, you're seeking enlightenment, you're on the pathway to enlightenment, and you're having fun. Don't look for reassurance in the eyes of others. Look for reassurance in your own eyes. Only you know if Buddhist practice is improving the quality of your life.”

Ifs Knows Looks Matter Eye Fun Quality Practice Buddhism Enlightenment Seeking Buddhist Having Fun What Matters Improving Etiquette Pathways Reassurance

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“People in the West sometimes have these marvelous visions of India and Tibet. They assume that there are all these sadhus walking around and everybody is breathing enlightenment. Forget it. Don't look at it through rose-colored glasses.”

People Looks Sometimes Forget Vision Buddhism Walking Enlightenment India Assuming Rose West Glasses Breathing Marvelous Forget It Tibet Colored Glass Rose Colored Glasses

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“Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe and wonder at the countless universes, the countless celestial radiances of mind, of life, of enlightenment, nirvana, or God, whatever you want to call it.”

Want Mind Self Science Universe Wonder Study Buddhism Enlightenment Reflection Awe Metaphysics Self Reflection Celestial Radiance Awe And Wonder

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“If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you will have a very different career. You will be successful.”

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“One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular notion that those who seek enlightenment should abandon the things of this world.”

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“I meet people who neglect career. Their lives aren't centered at all. They don't have much money. They have this spaced-out look in their eyes. Their chances for enlightenment are very small, unless they change the way they live.”

People Way Looks Eye Success Chance Careers Buddhism Enlightenment Neglect

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“There are some careers that will develop your mind more than others. In the study of enlightenment, it is most important to develop your mind and your body.”

Mind Important Body Success Careers Study Buddhism Enlightenment Your Body

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“If you seek to develop the mind fully, for the enlightenment process, you will benefit if your career is related to computer science, law, medicine, or the arts.”

Ifs Mind Art Success Law Process Careers Buddhism Benefits Computer Enlightenment Medicine Related Computer Science

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“Use career to develop yourself. Have fun with it. Dedicate your activities and your career, to eternity, and to enlightenment.”

Use Success Fun Careers Buddhism Activity Enlightenment Eternity Having Fun

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“Your intent is important. You will pull a very deep power when you are working not just for yourself, but you are working for your enlightenment and to aid others in their enlightenment.”

Important Success Careers Buddhism Enlightenment Aids Very Deep

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“I think it is very important to view life in terms of winning and losing until complete enlightenment has occurred.”

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“As you progress towards enlightenment you will find that you become a winner at anything, not because you are so concerned about winning anymore. You are just concerned about the pursuit of excellence.”

Success Winning Careers Progress Buddhism Enlightenment Concerned Excellence Pursuit Winner Pursuit Of Excellence

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“Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.”

Want Should Mean Spiritual Religious Enlightenment Legs Stuck Iron Mysticism Handcuffs

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“Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.”

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“Personal power is the reflection of a person of knowledge. A person of knowledge, an enlightened person, a person even close to enlightenment, has a great deal of personal power.”

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“The high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all about reincarnation, karma, and the innermost workings of the Enlightenment Cycle.”

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Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“Rae Chorze Fwaz was a mystery school. A mystery school is an occult order comprised of people who study meditation, enlightenment and psychic and occult arts.”

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Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“The old Atlantean sciences from the tribe of enlightenment, of which there are only a few remnants and chards left in this world, were medicine, law, computers, and the performing arts.”

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“We live in an age that's repeating itself endlessly. We're getting closer again to the techno-chic world we saw in Atlantis that occurs in countless planes. It's indigenous to enlightenment.”

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“The people to become enlightened in Atlantis lit the "flame of enlightenment" on earth for the first time. The members of the various mystery schools have kept the flame alive by passing on the secret techniques for attaining enlightenment from the time of Atlantis to our present day.”

“"Don't talk about enlightenment," Buddha would say. He was saying don't talk about the nagual. He'd talk about how to get to it.”

Buddhism Enlightenment

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“The Buddha would never speak about enlightenment. The way he taught people about enlightenment was they meditated with him. He exposed them to countless views of the nagual.”

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“There is a way to reach enlightenment and get beyond suffering.”

Way Suffering Buddhism Enlightenment

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About the Author

Born: February 9, 1950
Died: April 12, 1998
Known for: Author
Quotes: 4397

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