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“Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“It's easy to tell the evolutionary level of a group of beings, or an individual being, simply by examining their behavior, their art, their psychology, their thought forms, their lingual structures, their history, their present moment, their future ideas, and the quality of their emotions.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Diet is highly individual. You have to see what your body wants and what is healthy for it.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“A long time ago individuals looked at life and saw that most people aren't happy. They saw this was obviously an inefficient system. So they combed the universe and found immeasurable happiness inside of us, our spirits.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Most individuals on earth are not drawn to the higher light at this time. That doesn't make you superior to anyone else. If you are in the eighth grade you're not better than someone who is in the fourth grade.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“I'm not suggesting that everyone should meditate, far from it. Meditation is for very few individuals. I'm speaking of something that is a powerful experience.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.”

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Author:Joan Halifax

“An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just a ceremony.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is a dharma for yourself, for someone else, for a family, for a nation, for a universe. There are collective and individual dharmas.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Your dharma is what kind of work you should be doing, what kind of people you should associate with, whether you should have a teacher or not. Dharma encompasses all things and it is specific to the individual.”

People Should Kind Individual Teacher Buddhism All Things Should Have Associates Dharma

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Success is not success in an individual endeavor. Success is simply to practice the dharma impeccably.”

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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.”

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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

“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.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you combine a media - bent on exploiting tabloid-type stories to boost ratings and circulation by innuendo and titillation - with unhappy or opportunistic individuals who have nothing going for them in their own lives, you get a bitter brew.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have realized the truth, once you have become consciousness itself, then you go beyond all such distinctions.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“C. S. Lewis, Plato, Aristotle and many more names that I could add, including Einstein's, were individuals who were able to see the innate order in life, which others perceive as chaos.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“As an individual learns and practices higher meditation techniques, a tremendous volume of energy and creativity flows through them. If they direct some of that energy towards their career, then naturally they will become successful.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a certain amount of access to a better life; but it corrupts the individual.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Occasionally in my travels I meet people who have pushed too far into the nagual. These individuals are not too balanced but they have made great journeys in the unknown.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.”

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Author:Dave Davies

“The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West individual immortality is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned.”

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Author:Annie Besant

“According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?”

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Book:Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection

Source: Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection

“Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz