“Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts” KindRealWinningMeditationBuddhismBattleLosingSittingTablesRidiculousAll KindsStoppingWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“Every time you sit down to meditate, you have to sit down with a resolve to win. You are going to sit there and will your mind to be happy, quiet and still.” MindStillsWinningMeditationBuddhismQuietResolve Author:Frederick Lenz
“In meditation what you are trying to do is simply get rid of your own junk. You are trying to move all the confusion out of your mind, all the heaviness, all the emotional upsets, all the impressions that you have picked up since your last meditation.” TryingMindLastsMovingMeditationEmotionalBuddhismImpressionConfusionUpsetJunkHeaviness Author:Frederick Lenz
“The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or force into every meditation.” NeedsCertainForcePracticeMeditationAliveWonderfulBuddhismTricksConsistentMeditation Practice Author:Frederick Lenz
“Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things - To see the tao in a grape, the act of sexuality, meditation, work, play, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, being sick and hurting.” MindPlayBigsHurtMeditationEnlightenmentAll ThingsSickSexualityTeethTaoismShowersTaoGrapesBrushingBeing SickWork PlayBrushing Your Teeth Author:Frederick Lenz