“Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel I am a beginner, always; because it's true.” FeelsMindAttitudePracticeBuddhismBalanceBeginners Author:Frederick Lenz
“Don't try to hold people to you, don't try to push them away. Let life do everything for you. This is the proper attitude on the path of love.” PeopleTryingAttitudePathBuddhismSexualityOld PeoplePath Of Love Author:Frederick Lenz
“Psychic development makes you strong. It develops a common sense attitude in which you don't expose yourself to forces, people and situations that would drain you.” PeopleInspirationalStrongForceCommonAttitudeSituationBuddhismDevelopmentCommon SensePsychicsDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you will become a very benign and powerful being, one who is at peace with himself and the universe.” IfsUniversePowerfulAttitudeMeditationViolenceBuddhismPursueHopefulHelpfulBenign Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think it should be. It's a study that you follow for the rest of your life.” PeopleThinkingShouldDiesAttitudeStudyMeditationBuddhismRest Of Your LifeMediation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Do not be selfish and feel new people will take more of the teacher's attention and you won't get it. That's nonsense. With that attitude, you won't get it. The teacher sees that attitude and will have very little to do with you.” PeopleFeelsLittlesAttentionAttitudeTeacherBuddhismSelfishBuddhistNonsenseEtiquetteBeing Selfish Author:Frederick Lenz
“As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn.” ShouldAttitudeStudentsBuddhismEnlightenmentBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Clothing has a great deal to do with the attitudes and energy that others direct towards you. I favor the chic, and tend to avoid the trendy. I think that it's good to be chic when possible because it is more inaccessible.” ThinkingEnergyDealsAttitudeBuddhismDirectFavorsClothingsChicInaccessibleTrendy Author:Frederick Lenz
“I believe in winning. It is clean. I like it. I definitely don't believe in losing. It is a bad attitude. It is not necessary to lose, but it does happen once in a while.” BelieveDoeHappensSuccessWinningI BelieveLosesAttitudeCareersBuddhismLosingCleanDon't BelieveI Believe InBad Attitude Author:Frederick Lenz
“You need a string of successes behind you to buoy that self-image; otherwise, you have a terribly negative attitude about yourself and it is very unlikely you are going to succeed at anything.” NeedsSelfSuccessBehindsAttitudeCareersBuddhismSucceedNegativeStringsAbout YourselfUnlikelyBehind YouNegative AttitudeBuoys Author:Frederick Lenz
“Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to transcend our ordinary conventional mind. This takes an enormous amount of determination and perseverance. It also requires an attitude of being relaxed and spacious, rather than tense and stressed. It's certainly not a matter of lying back and expecting it all to happen. If we don't make it happen, it won't!” IfsMindMatterWholeHappensLyingAttitudeBuddhismAmountOrdinaryDeterminationPerseveranceActiveEnormousExpectingConventionalRelaxedTenseStressedMake It HappenPerseverance And Determination Author:Tenzin Palmo