Buddhist Quotes - Page 39

• There is no such thing as spiritual achievement; it is simply an awareness intrinsic to all of life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Achievement

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Attitude, Selfish

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• 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?

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Block, Buddhism

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• Do not envy others. If someone gets a larger piece of cake, be happy for them. They'll get fat and you'll stay thin.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Cake, Envy

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

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Fun, Buddhism

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• If you have humility, you are willing to undertake anything to spread the dharma.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Etiquette

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, People

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Teacher, Buddhism

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• The more moral you pretend to be, the less moral you are; the less moral you try to be, the more moral you are.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Trying, Moral

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• Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Humility, Buddhism

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, Happy Life

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Mean, Buddhism

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• Don't judge others. Always be open to them. Avoid the cult mentality, you know, the super-slick, "I'm superior because I meditate, because I'm on the pathway to enlightenment," the subtle ego nonsense, terrible trap.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Judging, Ego

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• If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Negative

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• We must control the tendencies within our being that are destructive, when we want to slam somebody else, hurt them, injure them, or push them out of the way. A reverence for life needs to be developed, in which all things are sacred.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hurt, Buddhism, Needs

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• If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Enlightened

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Powerful, Buddhism

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• There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Rooms, Gains

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• If you become obsessive in spiritual practice, if you just try and try, you are not going to be happy. You are going to be obsessive.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Practice

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• Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I mean that they are the only ones capable of it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teaching, Mean, Buddhism

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Responsibility, Buddhism

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, Emotional

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• You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their end when that time comes.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Long

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Lineage, Realizing

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• Simplify your life and your mind. Think more of infinity and less of yourself.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Mind

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