Best teacher & buddhist Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“If you are a student of an enlightened master, you can literally tap into his aura, anywhere and at anytime. All you have to do is meditate on your Buddhist master and the light will come into your mind.”

Ifs Mind Light Teacher Students Masters Buddhist Enlightened Auras

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

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

“The role of the Buddhist teacher is to explain your options and to show you what creates karma. All our discussions are basically karmic until you're fully engaged in samadhi.”

Shows Roles Teacher Karma Buddhist Discussion Engaged Enlightened Samadhi

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you can live in your home safely. But seeker beware! A fully enlightened Buddhist teacher is an arsonist! His job is to set your spirit on fire...by feeding the flames of your soul with love.”

People Thinking Soul Home Jobs Spirit Fire Teacher Buddhist Your Soul Flames Enlightened Feeding Seekers Fireman Arsonists

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As Buddhist teachers often point out, knowledge, in the sense of prajña, is not knowledge about anything. There is no abstract knower of an experience that is separate from the experience itself.”

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Book:The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

Source: The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

“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

“The Dali Lama and other notable Buddhist teachers have now indicated that since the world has plunged into a dark age, the information available in the tantras, which include the very, very powerful Kundalini release techniques, should be made available to the public.”

World Should Made Philosophy Age Dark Powerful Teacher Information Available Technique Release Buddhist Very Powerful Notable Dark Ages Tantra Lama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We're connected to the Buddhist order, to the mind of enlightenment. All day long we draw the power and force from that world, from all the teachers and all the adherents of the practices and the principles.”

World Mind Long Order Force Principles Practice Teacher Mindfulness Draws Enlightenment Connected Buddhist

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Etiquette is an intelligent way to live. There are certain ways of living you will learn being around advanced students and mostly your teacher. These are methods that have been handed down for thousands of years.”

Way Years Has Beens Certain Teacher Students Buddhism Intelligent Method Buddhist Etiquette Way To Live

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were.”

Mean Teacher Buddhism Losing Optimism Difficulty Harder Buddhist Spite Monk Etiquette Buddhist Monk

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It has been my experience as a teacher over the years and incarnations that what really counts are not techniques. What really counts is spirit, love. What really counts is a sense of propriety and dedication.”

Years Has Beens Spirit Teacher Buddhism Technique Buddhist Dedication Etiquette Incarnation Propriety Spirit Love

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sometimes there are people who only meditate with a teacher. They ride the teacher's energy. They don't really learn how to meditate. They learn how to ride the energy.”

People Sometimes Energy Teacher Buddhism Buddhist Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Get your emotions under control and your life under control. Work really hard and don't make a big deal out of yourself. Have humility. Believe in yourself. Don't get a fanatical fixation on a teacher.”

Believe Hard Bigs Deals Emotion Teacher Humility Buddhism Buddhist Believe In Yourself Believe In You Big Deal Etiquette Fixation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“One should never become devoted to a teacher, any more than one should become devoted to a statue of a god. There is only one thing to be devoted to, and that is your mind.”

Should Mind Teacher One Thing Buddhism Buddhist Devoted Statues Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Once in a while, you will see someone really drippy. The person has to stare at the teacher all the time with that devoted and disgusting and sick look. It's boring, misplaced devotionalism.”

Looks Persons Teacher Buddhism Sick Boring Buddhist Staring Disgusting Devoted Etiquette Misplaced

Author:Frederick Lenz

“This study is not for the amateur. It's not for the dilettante. It's not for the cult follower. It's not for someone who wants everything done for them. It's not for the one who just wants to stare with that fixed dog-like devotion towards the teacher.”

Want Done Study Teacher Dog Buddhism Devotion Buddhist Staring Fixed Followers Cult Etiquette Dilettantes

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Do not be selfish and feel new people will take more of the teacher's attention and you won't get it. That's nonsense. With that attitude, you won't get it. The teacher sees that attitude and will have very little to do with you.”

People Feels Littles Attention Attitude Teacher Buddhism Selfish Buddhist Nonsense Etiquette Being Selfish

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack control. What can you teach someone who lacks control?”

People Use Teach Teacher Buddhism Enlightenment Block Buddhist Etiquette Mental Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher.”

Fun Teacher Buddhism Buddhist Having Fun Enlightened Brushes Etiquette Incarnation Good Teacher

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they feel that makes them learn more quickly.”

People Feels Teacher Buddhism Demand Buddhist Gentle Harsh Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.”

Spiritual Teacher Buddhism Development Enlightenment Buddhist Mutual Etiquette Phony Spiritual Development Mutual Respect Counterproductive Scraping

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It takes tremendous self-restraint on the part of the student not to want to monopolize the teacher's attention, to live a very controlled life and a happy life, and of course, be dedicated to the cause.”

Want Self Courses Causes Attention Teacher Students Buddhism Buddhist Controlled Dedicated Happy Life Restraint Etiquette Self Restraint

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Studying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what the teacher says, most of which is not verbal.”

Mean Study Teacher Buddhism Buddhist Retreat Etiquette Occasional Seminars

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When you direct negative energy towards someone who is powerful, it has a terrible bounce-back effect.”

Way Mind Important Energy Powerful Teacher Effects Buddhism Terrible Negative Direct Buddhist Enlightened Etiquette Bounce Very Positive Negative Energy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves. They have this feeling that the teacher will just take care of them.”

People Way Feelings Care Responsibility Focus Teacher Failing Buddhism Excuse Take Care Buddhist Taking Responsibility Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Emotional control is essential for attaining higher levels of mind. The thing that the teacher looks for in a student is the degree of self-control, not coldness that someone has.”

Mind Looks Self Levels Teacher Students Emotional Buddhism Higher Essentials Degrees Buddhist Self Control Etiquette Higher Level Coldness Emotional Control

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.”

Jobs Teacher Teaching Students Buddhism Enlightenment Gains Buddhist Enlightened Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the other. This requires that the student be receptive.”

Process Teacher Teaching Students Buddhism Buddhist Etiquette Receptive Esoteric Teacher And Student Transference

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake.”

Mistake Teacher Buddhism Balance Gains Buddhist Destructive Unhappiness Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they ask you to do.”

Asks Teacher Impossible Buddhism Buddhist Sense Of Humor Etiquette Impossible Things

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists.”

Purpose Teacher Buddhism Enlightenment Buddhist Etiquette

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive.”

Ifs I Can Use Teacher Cutting Buddhism Karma Buddhist Etiquette Very Positive Bad Karma

Author:Frederick Lenz

“One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a revolutionary. Under the influence of his new ideology, he actually killed his own teacher. Pol Pot's family background was Buddhist. Whether he himself was a Buddhist at a young age, I don't know. Even Chairman Mao's family background was Buddhist. So one day, if the Dalai Lama becomes a mass murderer, he will become the most deadly of mass murderers.”

“If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.”

Ifs World Law Causes Teacher Effects My Friends India Buddhist Cause And Effect Inexorable

Book:Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

“The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.”

Mind Firsts Real Spirit Teacher Four Teaching Personality Pure Perception Essence Thirds Buddhist Rely Interpretation Fourth Superficial Reliance Judgmental Real Wisdom

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.”

“Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar, and activist. His luminous presence and the simple, compassionate clarity of his writings have touched countless lives.”

Writing Simple Teacher Poet Masters West Clarity Buddhist Combination Beloved Touched Activist Compassionate Scholar Mystic Luminous Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Author:Joanna Macy

“At times, Zen does get into some Buddhist Cosmology. Nishijima Roshi, my main teacher would talk about that and almost every time immediately say that it was only one way of looking at it. Whenever addressing realms of Heaven or Hell, he'd also address that it was just a psychological state.”

Way Doe States Heaven Hell Teacher Psychological Buddhist One Way Realms Addresses Cosmology Heaven Or Hell

Author:Brad Warner

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