Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 27

• The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"

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  Buddhism, Tasks, Asking

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• 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?"

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  Buddhism, Everyday, Doe

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• 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.

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  Struggle, Buddhism, Ideas

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• You can lie to yourself and fool yourself and rationalize that the choice you're making is what is right and what is true and what leads to liberation, when it's actually only the fulfillment of desire.

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  Lying, Buddhism, Choices

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• When you meditate you can stand back from your desire. When you silence the mind and there is stillness, only then can you tell if a desire is dharma.

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  Buddhism, Silence, Mind

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• In the light we can see what is and what is not. We know what is right and what is inappropriate.

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  Buddhism, Light, Inappropriate

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• That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or anyone can lay down that will tell you what your dharma is.

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  Buddhism, Different, Moral

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• It is acceptance of the will of God - waiting, if necessary, forever, happily rising above your desires and above your frustrations to always do what is right. Always do what is right. This is the spiritual study.

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  Spiritual, Buddhism, Acceptance

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• What can be the dharma at one point in your life can totally reverse itself, and suddenly you might be doing something the opposite or something very new, something you never considered.

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  Buddhism, Opposites, Might

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• Dharma doesn't necessarily mean following a mundane and boring life. It means a life of high adventure, not a life of endless, boring repetition.

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  Adventure, Mean, Buddhism

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• Very often, in order to bring about stillness we have to be tirelessly active in the outer world. You might suppose this would agitate the mind. It will not, if it is the dharma.

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  Buddhism, Order, Mind

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• Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together. Love permits us to see who and what we are. The only thing that will truly inspire us to find the dharma is love.

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  Buddhism, Love Is, Together Love

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• Meditate well so you can be a good instrument of eternity. You could have a mediocre meditation today, but you're not going to. Today you might run into someone who you might talk to about the dharma.

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  Running, Buddhism, Meditation

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• Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.

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  Buddhism, Fields, Attention

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

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  Buddhism, Practice, Individual

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• Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king, a queen, anything. It does not necessarily bring happiness or peace of mind. It comes about through following dharma.

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  Queens, Kings, Buddhism

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• To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.

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  Mistake, Buddhism, Unhappy

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• When you are following dharma, you will be happy, at peace, still inside. There will be a sense of purpose to your life. Difficulties will not seem unconquerable.

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  Buddhism, Purpose, Dharma

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• When you are not following dharma, then you will not be at peace. You will not be happy. The simplest things will seem to be endless obstacles.

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  Buddhism, Obstacles, Endless

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• Not to follow the dharma leads to disaster. Life will be unhappy.

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  Buddhism, Unhappy, Disaster

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• Beyond happiness and unhappiness is truth. Truth is not affected by anything in the relative world. Truth is the unifying aspect of existence.

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  Buddhism, World, Truth Is

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• Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in your life.

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  Buddhism, Challenges, Trying

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• Have a wonderful sense of humor, particularly about yourself and your own situation. Yet don't simply laugh. Work to change and improve things even though, at times, it seems impossible.

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  Buddhism, Laughing, Sense Of Humor

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• The future is certain for those who follow dharma. Those who don't follow dharma are pushed back again and again into the net of rebirth. They are drawn back to the same planes of attention, or lower. It could happen to you!

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  Buddhism, Attention, Rebirth

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• You are dharma. You are a wheel. And the wheel of dharma spins.

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  Buddhism, Wheels, Dharma

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