“From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being.” AwarenessBuddhismBirthPerceptionInfiniteReincarnationFinite Author:Frederick Lenz
“The mind is infinite. It is not relegated to the brain or to thought or to emotion. It is made up of an endless series of realities that stretch on into infinity.” MindMadeRealityEmotionBrainAwarenessBuddhismInfiniteSeriesEndlessInfinity Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happiness is only gained when your mind is in extended states of attention, when your mind is merging with the infinite.” MindStatesHappinessAttentionBuddhismInfiniteMerging Author:Frederick Lenz
“How can you possibly overcome your fears, doubts, worries and other problems? You can't. You simply don't have the capacity. Fortunately, the infinite can do all of these things for you. How? Because it is lacking in nothing.” InspirationalProblemCan DoWorryDoubtBuddhismCapacityOvercomingInfiniteLacking Author:Frederick Lenz
“All I have to teach you are feelings, the words don't matter much. But as you listen, feel the stillness of my mind, not my mind but of mind...infinite mind.” InspirationalFeelsMindMatterFeelingsTeachMastersBuddhismInfiniteStillnessOf My Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“You are not a body. You are not a mind. You are infinite light, infinite intelligence, the radiance of all beings, the dharmakaya - the endless light of creation.” InspirationalMindBodyLightCreationBuddhismInfiniteEndlessRadianceInfinite Intelligence Author:Frederick Lenz
“We applaud the people who are film stars, who get elected to an office, who are very athletic, the small group who play with power in a very limited way. But we're completely oblivious to what can be done to the infinite realities that exist in front of us. We deny them.” PeopleWayInspirationalDonePlayRealityFilmStarsGroupsFrontsBuddhismOfficeInfiniteDenyAthleticSmall GroupsObliviousFilm Stars Author:Frederick Lenz
“The trap of the self is the trap that causes unhappiness. We define ourselves too much; whereas the infinite, the pure radiant spirit, is not so definable.” InspirationalSelfSpiritCausesToo MuchBuddhismPureInfiniteUnhappinessTrapsRadiant 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
“Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of enlightenment can flow through us.” MindLightPerfectPracticeMeditationBuddhismQuietEnlightenmentFlowInfiniteHopeful Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is coming back to your original self, if we can use self without a sense of self. It's perfect, clear light, radiant, infinite mind of the universe, as it is, without identifying with qualities” IfsMindSelfUseLightUniversePerfectQualityClearMeditationBuddhismInfiniteOriginalsComing BackSense Of SelfRadiantIdentifying Author:Frederick Lenz
“Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.” GivingMindBuddhismPeriodsMindfulnessInfiniteAccessClarityFinite Author:Frederick Lenz
“Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope.” RealDesireChoicesPracticeIgnoranceExpressionBuddhismInfiniteFruitAvailableBuddhistRecognitionVulnerabilityAfflictionScopeBuddha NatureInfinite PotentialWrong Or Right Book:The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness Source: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
“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
“We seek to unify ourselves with the endless light of truth, of God, of nirvana. We recognize the infinite playing through all beings and all forms, but we only have to concern ourselves with ourselves.” LightFormBuddhismConcernInfiniteEndlessBuddhistEtiquetteTruth Of God Author:Frederick Lenz
“The degree of success that you attain in all of your physical, mental and spiritual undertakings is dependent upon the strength and clarity of your finite mind and your ability to access your infinite mind.” MindSpiritualAbilityBuddhismDegreesInfiniteAccessClarityDependentFiniteUndertakings Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you abuse willpower you waste it. There really is not an infinite supply of it at your disposal. There is an infinite supply of it in the universe.” UniverseBuddhismWasteAbuseInfiniteWillpower Author:Frederick Lenz