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“Wisdom isn't to know these words. Wisdom isn't to have ideas or philosophies - those are just thoughts. Wisdom is to be that perfect consciousness.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the western philosophy you can't perceive infinities at every moment. It's not there to do.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Philosophers are all caught up in their philosophies. That's their house of cards. Religious leaders are caught up in their religious movements to the point where they forget about freedom. Everybody's got their drama going.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter a bit when you are dead - fade away.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.”

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Author:Joan Halifax

“The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy... and also a prolific author.”

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Author:Nevill Drury

“I think that we all at some point are in search of something - a higher power, whatever you want to call it, the meaning of life. I know I was, especially at even my son's age in my 20s, and dabbling in Eastern philosophies and yoga and Buddhism and Christianity and Islam. I kind of touched them all, you know, just trying to figure out the meaning of life or if nothing else, figure myself out.”

“Naturally, the Zen Master Rama philosophy is to have a high state of awareness and material success.”

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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.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The tantras can be very confusing for a person who is new to Buddhism, and for several thousand years the rule was not to expose a person or a new monk to the tantras until they had practiced for many, many years.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In Tantric Buddhism we call the inherent knowledge that all animate and inanimate objects possess of themselves - their emptiness.”

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Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“A critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In Tantric Buddhism, we believe that Samsara is Nirvana. That is to say that everything in the universe is part of us. And we also are part of everything in the universe.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“For the person who wants to get to the mystical experience directly, Tantric Buddhism is the path.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Zen is Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana is tantric Buddhism - these are various forms of it. Tantric Buddhism simply means cutting to the chase.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What we seek to do in Tantric Buddhism is to liquefy ourselves. Life will automatically bring us to the next stage. You don't really have to know where you're going - It's like breathing.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Be neither attracted nor repulsed is the message of Tantric Buddhism. Don't be drawn to something, don't run away from it. Just naturally accept whatever comes into life.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tantric Buddhism is just a collection of things that work by doing them. And sometimes we add new things. We have electronic music; we did not have it in Tibet.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz