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“I love people who make mistakes. That's why I'm in the teaching business. I love people who make mistakes because I enjoy watching them learn and helping them, assisting them. I find it a beautiful process.”

People Helping Beautiful Process Enjoy Mistake Teaching Buddhism Making Mistakes Rama Assisting

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I'd love to find some people to teach advanced meditation to. I've been looking for many years. There are a few around. Once in a while I run into another one. It's a very limited league at this time, in this world.”

People World Years Running Teach Meditation This World Buddhism League Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If I ever write an autobiography about teaching meditation in the West, I'll call it "Pissing In the Wind - Teaching Buddhism in America".”

Ifs Writing America Meditation Teaching Wind Buddhism West Autobiography Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in Spiritual Training School.”

People Want School Spiritual Teach Achieve Buddhism Training Liberation Rama Guidelines Funny People

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People love misery, they love to feel sorry for themselves, and they definitely don't want to be enlightened. That's the first thing they tell you at boot camp in the higher worlds.”

People World Want Feels Firsts Buddhism Higher Misery Sorry Enlightened Camps Boots Rama Boot Camp

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Don Juan, in the teacings of Carlos Castaneda, makes the same point. You have to fool people into seeking knowlege. People will not do it of their own volition.”

People Buddhism Fool Seeking Rama Don Juan Juan Volition

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are some great stories in The Second Ring of Power about how Don Juan and Don Genaro found their apprentices and what they went through to fool their students into seeking light.”

Stories Light Found Students Buddhism Fool Seeking Rings Rama Apprentice Don Juan Juan

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I've never met anyone who's serious about enlightenment.”

Serious Buddhism Mets Enlightenment Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The next best thing is to work with those who are not quite there yet to bring them up to that level.”

Next Levels Buddhism Best Things Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you want to be liberated, if you choose to be what I am, then you've chosen freedom. You can do this.”

Ifs Want Can Do Buddhism Chosen You Choose Liberated Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“That's my sole purpose in life is to sit here today and tell you that you can do this, in any life. You can do this in one of your past lives, in a future life, or right now. I prefer now.”

Today Past Life Is Purpose Can Do Buddhism Right Now Purpose Of Life Sole Our Past Your Past Rama Past Life Future Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I select people to work more closely when they are prepared to and I see that. They don't have to tell me. I know. I will give them a task of some type, and that task becomes the koan between us.”

People Knows Giving Buddhism Type Tasks Prepared Select Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A teacher had two types of students. One type of student is a close student. The other is also a close student, but not in the sense of physical proximity. The close students rotate a lot.”

Two Teacher Students Buddhism Type Rama Proximity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Most of the teaching I do is not verbal. It's in every movement of my body. It's in my dance. It's in the way I lift a glass of water. It's in my voice tone. It's in every aspect of my life - because it isn't my life anymore.”

Way Body Voice Water Teaching Movement Buddhism Aspect Glasses Lifts Tone Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When I sit with my students and meditate with them, I channel the kundalini directly into them. I bring them to plane after plane of consciousness. What they would do in 100 years of meditation, I can do in an hour with them.”

Years I Can Can Do Hours Consciousness Meditation Students Buddhism Planes Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Samadhi is the highest octave spiritual light. Not the best, but the highest octave.”

Light Spiritual Buddhism Highest Rama Samadhi Spiritual Light

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When I enter into nirvikalpa samadhi, most can see this light, or feel it. This light creates very powerful, steady spiritual transformation. The reason you are here is to sit in this light.”

Feels Reason Light Spiritual Powerful Buddhism Transformation Steady Very Powerful Rama Spiritual Transformation Samadhi

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Occasionally at a Center Meeting, not that often, every couple of months, I'll break down and demonstrate a little mystical kundalini; but not that often, simply because it wouldn't be that effective.”

Littles Break Buddhism Months Couple Down And Meetings Mystical Breaking Down Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can increase your capacity to absorb the mystical kundalini. I have 3 or 4 students who are on the path of mysticism, they can absorb more of it.”

Path Students Buddhism Capacity Increase Mysticism Mystical Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't need to be able to absorb a tremendous amount of the mystical kundalini to realize God.”

Needs Able Realizing Buddhism Amount Mystical Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tonight I have inundated you with the mystical kundalini. Now, of course, I'm moving into the supra-conscious; it's kind of a doubleheader this evening.”

Kind Moving Courses Buddhism Conscious Evening Tonight Mystical Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As you sit in this light from week to week, you will transform and grow and develop. It washes away the samskaras, the past-life tendencies. It washes away the karmic tendencies from this life.”

Light Past Grows Week Buddhism Tendencies This Life Rama Past Life Samskara

Author:Frederick Lenz

“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.”

People Has Beens Sometimes Light Energy Realizing Attention Clear Buddhism Enlightenment Manifestation Rama Samadhi

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 Beens Night Energy Awareness Buddhism Periods Reflection Transition Exposure Networking Rama Repetitive

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is important to have intensive blocks of time together. During our nights together there is a tremendous interchange of knowledge, power and awareness.”

Important Together Night Awareness Buddhism Block Rama Time Together Interchange Power Of Knowledge

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It will take about a month for that awareness to be fully absorbed and modify someone's attention field. During that period of time, a person who studies with me will meditate on their own, and apply those things that they have learned to their daily lives.”

Persons Attention Study Awareness Fields Buddhism Months Periods Daily Life Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Our field trips are an opportunity for you to enter into the world of mystical power.”

World Opportunity Fields Buddhism Mystical Rama Field Trip

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As far as miracles are concerned, I'm not aware that I perform miracles. After many years and lifetimes of meditation, I am able to use the kundalini energy to alter other people's awareness and aid them in their search for light and certainty.”

People Years Use Light Able Energy Meditation Awareness Buddhism Concerned Miracle Lifetime Aids Certainty Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter. There are no absolute rights or wrongs in spiritual practice”

Knows Matter Spiritual Practice Teacher Rights Buddhism Concerned Absolutes Display Psychics Rama Spiritual Practice

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it, they have faith in what the teacher has to say about self-discovery.”

Doe Self Fun Teacher Inspire Buddhism Enlightenment Discovery Miracle Self Discovery Have Faith Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.”

Self Individual Enjoy Students Taught Buddhism Majority Sufficient Rama Self Sufficient

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Every day I get letters from people thanking me for helping them to become successful, whether because of their personal growth or because of economic rewards. A few of my former students have even become millionaires.”

People Helping Growth Successful Economic Students Buddhism Letters Personal Growth Rewards Former Millionaire Rama Becoming Successful Former Students

Author:Frederick Lenz

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

States Philosophy Awareness Materials Masters Buddhism Rama Zen Master

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Of course, there are the old hardcore teacher types like me who sit around and tell jokes, realizing, what's the difference anyway - it's all timeless.”

Courses Realizing Differences Teacher Buddhism Type Jokes Like Me All Time Timeless Rama Hardcore

Author:Frederick Lenz

“How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places.”

Knows Buddhism Skills Lows Luck Karma Enlightened Rama High Places

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you what to do with your life. You assume no responsibility. A lot of people want that free ride.”

People Want Used Responsibility Buddhism Scene Assuming Contemporary Guru Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I don't think of myself as a guru but as a teacher. If one means 'guru' in the original sense a 'dispeller of darkness' then that certainly is my purpose.”

Ifs Thinking Mean Purpose Darkness Teacher Buddhism Originals Guru Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Today in the west the word 'guru' has come to mean someone who leads a cult, someone who deprives others of their intellectual or spiritual freedom and rips them off financially.”

Mean Today Spiritual Buddhism Intellectual West Cult Rip Guru Rama Spiritual Freedom

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It really doesn't matter to me whether a person has a lot of money or a little bit of money.”

Littles Persons Matter Bits Buddhism Little Bit Lots Of Money Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“What matters is that they are curious about life, energy, truth, and themselves and that they haven't sold out to the establishment powers that tell us what to think, what to wear, how to behave, what to believe in and what goes beyond the line of rational and irrational thought.”

Thinking Believe Matter Energy Lines Havens Buddhism Rational Curious Behave Establishment What Matters Irrational Rama Sold Out Rational Thought

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'. But if we were to apply for a financial aid grant as a cult, I'm afraid we would be turned down for lack of proper qualifications.”

Ifs Would Be Buddhism Financial Aids Grants Phenomenon Cult Rama Qualifications Turned Down Financial Aid

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I don't engage in brainwashing, I don't dictate forms of lifestyle, I don't perform mass marriages or even singular marriages. I don't tell people what to believe.”

People Believe Form Buddhism Mass Lifestyle Rama Brainwashing

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I don't dictate particular styles of dress. I do teach classes in self discovery.”

Self Class Teach Style Particular Buddhism Discovery Dresses Self Discovery Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We have a spiritual community but everyone lives where they want to. I recommend certain areas to live because of their power.”

Want Spiritual Certain Community Buddhism Areas Rama Spiritual Community

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People get together and go to the movies or on hikes, but everyone maintains their own independent domicile.”

People Together Buddhism Independent Rama Get Together

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Some people harbor the idea or belief that all teachers should teach for free. Obviously these people have never been teachers, particularly in the twentieth century. Teaching meditation is a very expensive hobby.”

People Should Ideas Belief Teach Teacher Meditation Teaching Century Buddhism Expensive Hobbies Twentieth Century Harbors Rama

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.”

People Trying Believe Self Philosophy Jobs Teach Taught Buddhism Discovery Method Train Self Discovery Rama Impart

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I show people the techniques for gaining knowledge, and this inspires them in their search for truth, freedom and happiness. I also try to show people that truth exists as much in this world as it does in any other world.”

People World Trying Doe Shows This World Inspire Buddhism Technique Rama Other Worlds Search For Truth Freedom And Happiness Gaining Knowledge

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Everything that I teach as an enlightened Buddhist teacher is towards directing an individual to happiness, a balanced wisdom and knowledge that is sometimes just bubbly and euphoric or just very still and profound.”

Stills Sometimes Individual Teach Teacher Buddhism Profound Buddhist Enlightened Balanced Rama Knowledge And Wisdom Euphoric

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works.”

Matter Teacher Buddhism Method Rama Best Teacher

Author:Frederick Lenz

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