“You need a job. You need a career. You need a focus. Otherwise, you will just pick up lots of strange psychic energy because you are not focused.” NeedsJobsEnergyCareersFocusStrangeBuddhismBalancePicksFocusedPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is my experience that people who don't participate in society, who don't have jobs, who don't have friends, are just very stuck in irresponsibility and cultism and all kinds of nonsense.” PeopleKindJobsBuddhismBalanceStuckAll KindsNonsenseIrresponsibility Author:Frederick Lenz
“Human beings going to their jobs and living their lives are unconscious. They don't know what's going on. They don't know why you are born or why you die.” KnowsHumansJobsHumanityDiesBornHuman BeingsBuddhismUnconscious Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is necessary to learn how to do a systems analysis of your life, to learn about the effects of places, people, jobs. There are millions of things that go into the study of meditation.” PeopleJobsMillionsStudyMeditationEffectsBuddhismMindfulnessAnalysisSystems Analysis Author:Frederick Lenz
“If President Bush does a lousy job, then he'll lose power. If the guy at McDonalds who's selling burgers does a great job, then he'll be much more powerful than President Bush.” IfsDoeJobsGuyPresidentLosesPowerfulBuddhismMindfulnessSellingPresident BushMcdonaldsGreat JobBurgers Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is the teacher's job to point out mistakes so that an individual doesn't continue to hurt themselves or others.” JobsIndividualHurtMistakeTeacherBuddhismRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“I try to teach people to continually search and question the meaning of everything they are taught and everything they believe in. My job is not so much to impart a philosophy but to train people in the methods of self-discovery.” PeopleTryingBelieveSelfPhilosophyJobsTeachTaughtBuddhismDiscoveryMethodTrainSelf DiscoveryRamaImpart Author:Frederick Lenz
“An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened.” JobsTeacherTeachingStudentsBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Perhaps you're not the next Buddha. Perhaps you're not the Maitreya. Perhaps that's not your job in this incarnation. Perhaps you have to enjoy life and learn about life through whatever way that you find yourself going.” WayJobsNextEnjoyBuddhismBuddhistFinding YourselfEnjoy LifeEtiquetteIncarnation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Humility simply means that you do a great job at everything and it isn't really a big deal.” MeanBigsJobsDealsHumilityBuddhismBuddhistBig DealEtiquetteGreat Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is not bad living in a monastery. I've done it many times in many lives. But I think you can do a better job outside the monastery, if you have the necessary component parts.” IfsThinkingDoneJobsCan DoBuddhismComponentsBetter JobsMonasteries Author:Frederick Lenz
“The person who's in the Zen monastery, who's doing a kind of poor job at meditating and a half-ass job cleaning the gardens is not doing very good yoga.” KindPersonsJobsPoorHalfBuddhismYogaGardenVery GoodAssCleaningMeditatingMonasteries Author:Frederick Lenz
“People who work to bring about perfection see work as an extension of themselves. The point is to do a good job. That will empower you. To do a poor job will make you weaker.” PeopleJobsSuccessPoorCareersBuddhismPerfectionEmpoweringExtensionsGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is working to perfect their being. Some people think that the material world will make them happy.” PeopleThinkingWorldPersonsTwoJobsSuccessSidesPerfectCareersMaterialsBuddhismPaychecksMaterial World Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you are smart, you never retire. You may retire from that job you have had for many years, but you will pick up another career for yourself of some type.” IfsYearsMayJobsSuccessCareersBuddhismTypeSmartPicksRetiring Author:Frederick Lenz
“People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing and justify the fact that you didn't do a very good job.” PeopleIdeasFactsUseRealityJobsSuccessWinningEasyCareersBuddhismLosingVery GoodJustifyGood JobDualityWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“You work many hours. It is the major activity of your life. You can lose a lot of energy or gain a lot of energy from it. Put your full attention into it and do a good job, because it is part of your impeccability.” JobsSuccessEnergyHoursLosesAttentionCareersBuddhismActivityMajorsGainsGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz