Rama Quotes - Page 4

• The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'. But if we were to apply for a financial aid grant as a cult, I'm afraid we would be turned down for lack of proper qualifications.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Would Be, Financial

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• What matters is that they are curious about life, energy, truth, and themselves and that they haven't sold out to the establishment powers that tell us what to think, what to wear, how to behave, what to believe in and what goes beyond the line of rational and irrational thought.

  Frederick Lenz

  Believe, Buddhism, Thinking

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• I don't think of myself as a guru but as a teacher. If one means 'guru' in the original sense a 'dispeller of darkness' then that certainly is my purpose.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Mean, Buddhism

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• The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you what to do with your life. You assume no responsibility. A lot of people want that free ride.

  Frederick Lenz

  Responsibility, Buddhism, People

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• How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Buddhism, Skills

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• Of course, there are the old hardcore teacher types like me who sit around and tell jokes, realizing, what's the difference anyway - it's all timeless.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, Differences

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• Naturally, the Zen Master Rama philosophy is to have a high state of awareness and material success.

  Frederick Lenz

  Philosophy, Buddhism, Awareness

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• I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it, they have faith in what the teacher has to say about self-discovery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Fun, Buddhism

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• I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter. There are no absolute rights or wrongs in spiritual practice

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Teacher, Buddhism

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• As far as miracles are concerned, I'm not aware that I perform miracles. After many years and lifetimes of meditation, I am able to use the kundalini energy to alter other people's awareness and aid them in their search for light and certainty.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Years

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• Our field trips are an opportunity for you to enter into the world of mystical power.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Opportunity, World

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• When I meditate, people see manifestations of light when I go into samadhi and through the samadhis. Sometimes the energy of enlightenment is so clear that people don't realize that their attention has been elevated.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, People

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• You don't need to be able to absorb a tremendous amount of the mystical kundalini to realize God.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Needs, Able

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• Occasionally at a Center Meeting, not that often, every couple of months, I'll break down and demonstrate a little mystical kundalini; but not that often, simply because it wouldn't be that effective.

  Frederick Lenz

  Couple, Buddhism, Down And

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• I don't engage in brainwashing, I don't dictate forms of lifestyle, I don't perform mass marriages or even singular marriages. I don't tell people what to believe.

  Frederick Lenz

  Believe, Buddhism, People

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• I don't dictate particular styles of dress. I do teach classes in self discovery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Discovery, Self

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• I find it ironic to read stories about myself which have never occurred and are simply so absurd that they are comical. At other times, it is very painful to be so misinterpreted and vilified.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Ironic, Stories

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• A well known Los Angeles newspaper referred to a small group of gentlemen who live up on a mountain and practice Zen as 'the Zen cult'. The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, Gentleman

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• When you combine a media - bent on exploiting tabloid-type stories to boost ratings and circulation by innuendo and titillation - with unhappy or opportunistic individuals who have nothing going for them in their own lives, you get a bitter brew.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Media, Unhappy

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• I don't think there is anyone in public life today who can escape the inevitable onslaught of the media. It seeks to pry into and often grossly distort aspects of one's personal and professional life. I guess it just comes with the territory.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Media

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• Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have been featured and referred to as a "cult leader."

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Numbers, Leader

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• Many people who help me encounter a lot of resistance from other people and from forces.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, People, Encounters

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• My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.

  Frederick Lenz

  Religious, Philosophy, Teaching

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• There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, Matter

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Buddhism

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