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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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“The essential premise of Buddhism is that there is enlightenment, there is nirvana. Beyond this world, beyond all worlds, there's something radiant, perfect and eternal.”

World Perfect This World Buddhism Essentials Eternal Enlightenment Buddhist Premises Cosmology Radiant

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that it's more correct. We live in a world with promises of paradise.”

World Buddhism Promise Stress Buddhist Paradise Attainment Cosmology Ineffable

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tonight is not the end of the world. This is our hot tip of the evening.”

World Ends Buddhism Hot Evening Tonight End Of The World

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You come back to the beginning. That's why in the "Searching for the Ox" sequence, at the very end of that sequence of the Zen paintings, we're back in the world again.”

World Ends Painting Buddhism Sequence

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to learn. People who don't understand have hope. Do you understand?”

People World Values Buddhism Filled Having Hope

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The world that you see is like a motion picture. We are engrossed in a film and we have forgotten that we're sitting in a movie theatre.”

World Film Buddhism Sitting Forgotten Theatre Motion Pictures Movie Theatre

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“There is competition in Zen. Let's not be ridiculous. There is competition in everything in life; being a winner in Zen means, competing and winning in the world of enlightenment.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The sensual world cannot be avoided. We're in it at every moment. We are part of it.”

World Moments Buddhism Sensual Avoided

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the sensorial worlds as access points or pathways to ineffability.”

World Littles Different Use Form Bits Buddhism Little Bit Access Pathways Tantra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In Tantric Buddhism our feeling is that there is no problem with the sensual world unless you have a tremendous attraction or aversion to it.”

World Feelings Problem Buddhism Attraction Sensual No Problem Aversion

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“Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.”

World Want Individual Steps Buddhism Infinite Kicks Finite Transitory

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Those who scorn and hate the world and hate themselves miss the point. The point was that there wasn't one. There was no place to go to.”

World Hate Missing Buddhism Scorn Places To Go Hate The World

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Free yourself from happiness and unhappiness. Realize there is something beyond both and yet, revel in your time, revel in this world.”

World Realizing This World Buddhism Unhappiness Free Yourself

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The mantra is a very preliminary exercise for the student to begin to grasp a sense of focus. When they are used by persons who have reached very high levels of attention, they can open up doorways to other worlds.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.”

World Meditation Risk Buddhism Comfortable Enlightenment Convenient Meditating

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless we bring order into ourselves.”

World Order Impossible Fingers Taoism Laos

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it was in some way antithetical to contempory life.”

Thinking World Way Humans Might Found Easy Human Beings Interesting Taoism Imagery Reconcile Laos

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When there's no difference, there's no time, no world, no separativity - and there's no you ... nor is there an I.”

World Differences Taoism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When there is time, there has to be suffering. Because in time there's desire and attachment and transition. This is the world of experience.”

World Desire Suffering Taoism Attachment Transition

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“The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.”

World Mind Children Taoism

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“Gradually, you were given a description of the world, a way of seeing, which is largely sexual.”

World Way Given Seeing Description Taoism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We really have no choice in the matter. We are given a description of the world that is much more potent and much deeper than you might realize.”

World Matter Might Choices Given Realizing Deeper Description Taoism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The pageant of life is divided into ying and yang. They're two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop enough speed to move beyond this world to other worlds, dimensional realities.”

World Two Enough Reality Moving Life Is This World Speed Circles Manage Taoism Divided Other Worlds Pageant Yang Ying And Yang

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If we're distracted from the continual flow of perfect mind that we're in, suddenly everything configures, everything solidifies. Suddenly a shape appears out of flux, a world appears, karmas appear, pasts, futures, presents, time structures, ying and yang appear.”

Ifs World Mind Past Perfect Shapes Flow Structure Karma Taoism Distracted Flux Yang Ying And Yang

Author:Frederick Lenz

“What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of yin and yang is within you.”

World Mind States Source Seeking Taoism State Of Mind Within You Yang Yin And Yang Nexus

Author:Frederick Lenz

About the Author

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

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