You'll find that you will be able to reorder the island of your tonal so that it's in good shape - logical, orderly, neat, and well-defined. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical thought, ultimately. Frederick Lenz nice compassion attention To have to liberate everybody doesn't sound very free to me. You're gong to go liberate people who maybe don't want to be liberated. Frederick Lenz compassion sound people To feel that you are the Buddha of all times and places and that in some way the salvation of anyone, including yourself, depends upon you, I think there's a lot of ego involved in such a view, not much self-transcendence. Frederick Lenz compassion self thinking I respect self-giving and I've tried to lead my life with that as the ideal. But real self-giving is when we take our being, that which is most precious to us, and we throw it into eternity with a total sense of offering. Frederick Lenz offering compassion real Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice because we do all of it only for love. Frederick Lenz selfless-giving compassion humility Love the fading flowers as much as you love the undifferentiated which lasts forever. Frederick Lenz flower compassion forever By perfecting the practices of zazen and mindfulness, by learning patience and love and by realizing the essential emptiness of all phenomena, you will discover nirvana. Frederick Lenz and-love compassion practice Your mind is made up of light. We call it the dharmakaya, the clear light of reality. The transcendental eternal light is everywhere. It's the light of god or whatever you want to call it. Frederick Lenz buddhism light reality The Tibetan Buddhist realization is that mind does not have any particular qualities or attributes of its own. It's clear - clear light. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism light The white light is the joker in the deck. It creates transmutations that are completely unpredictable, which is what makes it fun, which is why it scares the hell out of most people. Frederick Lenz buddhism light fun Life reorders you when you go into the clear light. Even the causal structure is liquefied. The clear light of reality, the dharmakaya, changes us into beings of light. Frederick Lenz buddhism light reality Within the universe there is a pure light. It is a light that is beyond all darkness. It does not give way to anything. It is the light of existence, the dharmakaya. Frederick Lenz buddhism light giving Enlightenment is a timeless void. It's an emptiness that's filled with the most excellent light. Frederick Lenz void buddhism light Keep your mind centered on that which leads to light, intensively. Accept no substitute. Frederick Lenz buddhism light mind As you go into light for longer and longer periods, as you progress in your meditation practice, you transform, you become illumined, you overcome all limitation, all sorrow, and all pain. You learn not to be bound by desire, and eventually you transcend death itself. Frederick Lenz buddhism pain light The miracle of enlightenment is that you take the self and let it dissolve in the white light of eternity. Frederick Lenz buddhism light self The only reason you feel pain is because you're so busy looking at yourself instead of looking at the wonderful patterns of light. If you become absorbed in the wonderful patterns of light, then there's no pain. Frederick Lenz buddhism pain light All things are void. So how possibly could there be any obscurations since everything is void, when you're void itself? There's only the void. In the void, there's only shining, perfect clear light of reality. Frederick Lenz buddhism light reality Nirvikalpa samadhi or sahaja samadhi is all the way up. You get above the cloud line to the land of eternal snows and it's ecstasy beyond ecstasy. Frederick Lenz buddhism land clouds The planes of light give you the power to rise above circumstance, the power to rise above your desires and your aversions. Frederick Lenz buddhism light giving