“Meditation is not emptiness. That is a way of trying to talk about something that is impossible to put into words. It is a world of fullness, if anything.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeditationImpossibleBuddhismEmptinessFullness Author:Frederick Lenz
“Have a wonderful sense of humor, particularly about yourself and your own situation. Yet don't simply laugh. Work to change and improve things even though, at times, it seems impossible.” SeemsSituationLaughingWonderfulImpossibleBuddhismSense Of HumorAbout YourselfDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Without purity it's impossible to realize God.” RealizingImpossibleBuddhismPurity Author:Frederick Lenz
“To run away from life and desire is impossible because you are life and you have desire. Accept that this is part of your physical condition and see that these aspects are not really indigenous to what you are.” RunningDesireAcceptingImpossibleConditionsBuddhismAspectPurityRunning AwayIndigenous Author:Frederick Lenz
“Become conscious of what you think during the day. A negative thought will enter you. At first it will be vague, innocuous, but then it will root in your consciousness and soon it will be impossible to eradicate.” ThinkingFirstsConsciousnessImpossibleBuddhismConsciousNegativeRootsPurityVagueNegative Thoughts Author:Frederick Lenz
“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
“You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they ask you to do.” AsksTeacherImpossibleBuddhismBuddhistSense Of HumorEtiquetteImpossible Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“The main reason people fail is they become attached to others who hold them back. Letting go of others and going forward may seem like a lonely and impossible task, but I assure you it is not.” PeopleMayReasonSeemsSuccessCareersImpossibleFailingBuddhismLetting GoTasksLonely Author:Frederick Lenz
“Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power. Pick and choose things initially which are not impossible to succeed at. You need to develop the profile of a winner.” NeedsMatterSuccessSimpleCareersImpossibleBuddhismSucceedApproachPicksTasksComplexesWinnerProfile Author:Frederick Lenz