“With the frenzied pace in our own country, with the degenerating school system, with a crime rate that rises 30% a year, and with politicians that seem more interested in posturing than in governing, it has become more difficult, or should I say challenging, to achieve that inner symbiosis with life.” ShouldYearsCountrySeemsSchoolHumanityDifficultChallengesAchieveCrimeBuddhismPoliticianRatePaceShould IGoverningSchool SystemCrime RatesSymbiosis Author:Frederick Lenz
“Ecstasy should not be viewed as an unusual experience, but rather a natural experience - feeling all of the living matrix of existence around us.” ShouldFeelingsHappinessNaturalExistenceBuddhismEcstasyUnusual Author:Frederick Lenz
“The worst thing you can do is to sit and brood and feel sorry for yourself. Nor should you feel wrong about doing this, since all of us do from time to time.” FeelsShouldHappinessCan DoWorstBuddhismSorryWorst ThingsFeel Sorry For You Author:Frederick Lenz
“Life should be continually brighter. We are continually seeking our own innocence. We want to recapture it for eternity. It's in there, but we lose touch with it.” WantShouldHappinessLosesBuddhismEternitySeekingInnocenceBrighter Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom.” PeopleGivingFeelsShouldBuddhismReturnSexualityLove SomeoneWhen You Love Someone Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's necessary when you follow the path of love to love those around you first. Desire tells us that we should have someone else in our life.” ShouldFirstsDesirePathOur LivesBuddhismShould HaveSexualityPath Of Love Author:Frederick Lenz
“Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided. They have a more evolved consciousness and can affect your attention field greatly.” IfsShouldMatterStatesAttentionConsciousnessMeditationFieldsHealthBuddhismEatingDietsPreferenceAvoidedAthleticsMammalsPersonal Preferences Author:Frederick Lenz
“You should be drawing awareness from a deeper part of your being. Your deeper mind has everything already. It knows everything already. It has all the answers.” KnowsInspirationalShouldMindAnswersSeeingAwarenessBuddhismDeeperDrawing Author:Frederick Lenz
“You've got to make a person aware of how miserable they really are and show them how happy they can be. Otherwise, why should they seek this nebulous goal called self-discovery.” InspirationalShouldPersonsSelfShowsSufferingGoalBuddhismDiscoverySelf DiscoveryMiserable Author:Frederick Lenz
“You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have had it with the human world.” IfsWorldInspirationalShouldHumansSelfPracticeBuddhismDiscoverySelf Discovery Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way you increase your energy is by letting go, ultimately. There is something inside you that knows what it should do, and you fight it all the time.” KnowsWayInspirationalShouldFightingEnergyBuddhismLetting GoIncrease Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you seek the realms of light, the best thing to do is to meditate with love and the gentle aliveness. Meditation should not be forced.” IfsShouldLightMeditationBuddhismBest ThingsGentleRealmsThings To Do 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.” ShouldIndividualPowerfulMeditationBuddhismSuggesting Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think it should be. It's a study that you follow for the rest of your life.” PeopleThinkingShouldDiesAttitudeStudyMeditationBuddhismRest Of Your LifeMediation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Don't try to be someone. Be yourself. This is what mediation should teach you.” ShouldTryingTeachMeditationBuddhismBeing YourselfMediation Author:Frederick Lenz
“The mystical kundalini energy has some, I don't know if you'd call them limitations, but there are certain operational factors which you should understand about it.” IfsKnowsShouldCertainEnergyBuddhismFactorsLimitationMystical Author:Frederick Lenz
“Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words.” ThinkingKnowsShouldBelieveRealityBuddhismTruth IsSacredScriptureBuddhistMeant To BeContemplatingSacred Scripture Author:Ajahn Sumedho
“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.” PeopleShouldKindIndividualTeacherBuddhismAll ThingsShould HaveAssociatesDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Start simply everyday by asking yourself, "What is the dharma today? What should I do? What is right? What does the universe want from me?"” WantShouldDoeTodayUniverseBuddhismAskingEverydayShould IDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not come easily. You will be swayed by your desires, conditioning, and those around you who have ideas about what you should do, what is proper, what is improper.” ShouldIdeasDesireAnswersStruggleBuddhismDharmaConditioning Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you wish to cultivate humility, then you should associate with those who are humble.” IfsShouldWishHumilityBuddhismHumbleAssociates Author:Frederick Lenz