“The continuity of perception is an individualized being, when that continuity is lost, the being no longer exists as they have been.” Has BeensLostAwarenessBuddhismPerceptionContinuity Author:Frederick Lenz
“There have been people who have categorized the bands of perception in different yogic systems. It gives them pleasure to create names and orders and to make catalogs. Human beings like that.” PeopleGivingHumansHas BeensDifferentOrderNamesHuman BeingsPleasureAwarenessBuddhismBandPerception Author:Frederick Lenz
“Fear which has been embedded in your mind since you were a tot doesn't go away easily - it's conditioned in. And because we have fear, we fail to fulfill and realize our potential as human beings.” MindHumansHas BeensHumanityRealizingHuman BeingsFailingBuddhismGoing AwayBeing HumanEmbeddedTots Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are different pathways - be it Zen, tantra, karma yoga, or jnana yoga. Different ways have been devised to do the same thing for different types of people according to their temperament.” PeopleWayInspirationalHas BeensDifferentBuddhismTypeYogaKarmaDifferent WaysTemperamentPathwaysKarma YogaTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“You are on a vast wheel of birth and death. You have been through thousands of lifetimes, thousands yet to come.” InspirationalHas BeensBuddhismBirthLifetimeWheelsBirth And Death Author:Frederick Lenz
“You have been programmed, brainwashed to see life in very specific forms. Life is endless and we are a body of perception. We are an awareness that is endless. The universe is only perception.” InspirationalHas BeensBodyFormLife IsUniverseAwarenessBuddhismPerceptionEndlessBrainwashed Author:Frederick Lenz
“One day you will arrive at a station on the train of existence that you've always known has been there. You'll find there will be no train in sight, with no sense of arrival. There is only a perpetual arrival, a timeless condition of infinite awareness.” InspirationalHas BeensExistenceKnownConditionsAwarenessBuddhismOne DaySightInfiniteTrainStationsPerpetualTimelessArrivals Author:Frederick Lenz
“My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.” Has BeensWarMy OwnPracticeRightsMovementFieldsBuddhismCivil RightsEngagedAnti WarAnti War Movement Author:Joan Halifax
“That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.” TryingMindHas BeensSufferingBuddhismMechanism Author:Matthieu Ricard
“It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time.” YearsDoeHas BeensHappensFightingThreeCoursesEvilTermTeachHellBuddhismThousandAccidentsScriptureThousand YearsMessengersPriesthood Book:Musashi Source: Musashi
“Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions. It sanctified, quite like Mohammedism, extermination and tyranny. All this would have been impossible if, like Buddhism, it had looked only for peace and the liberation of souls. It looked beyond; it dreamt of infinite blisses and crowns it should be crowned with before an electrified universe and an applauding God... Buddhism had tried to quiet a sick world with anesthetics; Christianity sought to purge it with fire.” IfsWorldShouldHas BeensWarSoulReligionUniverseChristianityFireImpossibleBuddhismMoralityQuietAmbitionHatredSickInfiniteTyrannyLiberationBlissCrownsBurnedScentHeresyFuriousPersecutedHoundsExterminationAnestheticsSick World Author:George Santayana
“When I meditate, people see manifestations of light when I go into samadhi and through the samadhis. Sometimes the energy of enlightenment is so clear that people don't realize that their attention has been elevated.” PeopleHas BeensSometimesLightEnergyRealizingAttentionClearBuddhismEnlightenmentManifestationRamaSamadhi Author:Frederick Lenz
“It has been my exprience that repetitive nights of exposure to the kundalini energy followed by longer periods of reflection and pyschic networking create the fastest transitions in awareness.” Has BeensNightEnergyAwarenessBuddhismPeriodsReflectionTransitionExposureNetworkingRamaRepetitive Author:Frederick Lenz
“Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have been featured and referred to as a "cult leader."” Has BeensShowsNumbersLeaderWrittenTelevisionBuddhismArticlesCultRamaTelevision Shows Author:Frederick Lenz
“Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse.” Has BeensImportantEnoughWillingBuddhismAbuseEndureFollowingConvictionRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life.” Has BeensProblemPainUsedArtistDealsBuddhismMartial ArtsRamaMartial Artist Author:Frederick Lenz
“Etiquette is an intelligent way to live. There are certain ways of living you will learn being around advanced students and mostly your teacher. These are methods that have been handed down for thousands of years.” WayYearsHas BeensCertainTeacherStudentsBuddhismIntelligentMethodBuddhistEtiquetteWay To Live Author:Frederick Lenz
“It has been my experience as a teacher over the years and incarnations that what really counts are not techniques. What really counts is spirit, love. What really counts is a sense of propriety and dedication.” YearsHas BeensSpiritTeacherBuddhismTechniqueBuddhistDedicationEtiquetteIncarnationProprietySpirit Love Author:Frederick Lenz
“The mind is like a computer. It runs programs. Most of the software has been poorly written. It is written in the language of fear.” MindHas BeensRunningScienceLanguageWrittenBuddhismComputerProgramSoftware Author:Frederick Lenz
“Do a strong work meditation all day. You won't be as exhausted as everyone else because you have been gaining a kind of internal power from your work.” KindHas BeensSuccessStrongCareersMeditationBuddhismInternalsExhausted Author:Frederick Lenz
“You have been imprinted by people in this world who take power from others. Most people drain each other. Or, what is worse, they are draining you right now, psychically!” PeopleWorldHas BeensThis WorldBuddhismRight NowDrainsDraining Author:Frederick Lenz
“Each one of you has created a sense of self. That's what the tonal does. Each one of you is taught a system of maintenance that has been developed by humankind from your birth till your death.” DoeHas BeensSelfTaughtBuddhismBirthHumankindSense Of SelfMaintenance Author:Frederick Lenz
“The description you have been given of the world is an aberrant one. It does not accept and give proper place to the nagual, to the mysterious unknown that is our heritage.” WorldGivingDoeHas BeensGivenAcceptingBuddhismMysteriousDescriptionHeritage Author:Frederick Lenz