Buddhism Quotes - Page 19

• The tantric path involves taking the mind and directing it beyond the senses.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mind, Path, Senses

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• Obviously there is a lot more ecstasy in the spirit than in the flesh but the flesh has its moments!

  Frederick Lenz

  Flesh, Spirit, Moments

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• Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent.

  Nick Flynn

  Meditation, Way

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• All of Chinese thinking - Confucianism, Taoism, as well as Buddhism - contains the idea that in the course of life, man will shape harmoniously those psychic and physical predispositions that he received as capital assets by unifying them and giving them form from within a center.

  Richard Wilhelm

  Men, Thinking, Psychics

  Richard Wilhelm (2014). “Lectures on the "I Ching": Constancy and Change”, p.162, Princeton University Press

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• A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen that is embraced in advertising, self-help books, and much more. . . . Yamada, who is both a scholar of Buddhism and a student of archery, offers refreshing insight into Western stereotypes of Japan and Japanese culture, and how these are received in Japan.

  Alexander Gardner

  Religious, Book, Archery

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• All self-help is Buddhism with a service mark

  Merlin Mann

  Self, Helping, Mark

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• Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

  John Burdett

  Buddhist, Talking, People

  "Thai Air. John Burdett on 'Bangkok Haunts'". "Austin Chronicle" Interview, www.austinchronicle.com. June 15, 2007.

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• 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?

  Dalai Lama

  Destiny, Hands, Enlightenment

  Dalai Lama (2004). “Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection”, Snow Lion Publication

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• What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a very straight Zen master.

  Frederick Lenz

  Thinking, Giving, Answers

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• Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Fun, Illumination, Here And Now

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• What I term Zen, old Zen, the original face of Zen, new Zen, pure Zen, or Tantric Zen is - Zen in its essence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Essence, Faces, Term

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• In Tantric Zen there is no rule. There is only your immediate experience.

  Frederick Lenz

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• Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Enlightenment, Exploration

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• Tantric Zen is the original Zen, Zen without rules, Zen without form. Zen can certainly take rules and form. So Tantric Zen might have some rules and form, but it would remain formless even though it had rules and form.

  Frederick Lenz

  Might, Form, Originals

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• Tantric Zen is a state of mind

  Frederick Lenz

  Mind, States, State Of Mind

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• Tantric Zen is all about the practice of zazen meditation. If you meditate well, you'll be in very powerful states of mind and then it really doesn't matter what you do.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Practice, Meditation

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• Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Enlightenment, Gains, Awareness

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• Tantric Zen, at first, does not appear to have a method. In Tantric Zen, you could meditate on a Brillo box or you could meditate on the clear light of reality.

  Frederick Lenz

  Reality, Light, Doe

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• Your immediate experience is Tantric Zen. How aware are you of your immediate experience? - Probably not that aware.

  Frederick Lenz

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  World, Want, Steps

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• Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding.

  Frederick Lenz

  Giving, Age, Way

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• Tantric Zen, and the people who practice it, of course, make some people feel extremely uncomfortable.

  Frederick Lenz

  Practice, People, Uncomfortable

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• Tantric Zen is for someone who is really broad-minded. It is Bodhidharma's Zen, your Zen, my Zen. Which doesn't mean I have a problem with Japanese Zen. Most Japanese Zen is minding your p's and q's.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mean, Problem, Broads

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• Don't worry about your future lives, past lives. Button up your shirt! Stand up straight! Go out and do something. Go out and have some fun. Be alive, change, dissolve, explode!

  Frederick Lenz

  Fun, Past, Worry

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• When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes and my strange expression, but they feel the power that emanates from my dedication to the practice. So they are comfortable with me, yet they're very uncomfortable.

  Frederick Lenz

  Brother, Crazy, Dedication

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