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 The Zen Master was constantly attempting to break up concepts that people had about what it was like to be a spiritual teacher. We have a traditional image. Each Zen master was a complete character. Frederick Lenz spiritual teacher character There is really only one Zen Master ... and that's yourself. Frederick Lenz zen-master masters You're not listening to the Zen master, what he is saying outwardly, but even more importantly...what he is saying inwardly. Frederick Lenz zen-master masters listening If the Zen master sees that it will cause a person to progress, he will ask that person to do a task. The task is charged with power if it's performed properly. It's a koan between yourself and the Zen Master. Frederick Lenz progress causes tasks In the advanced practice, the relationship between the Zen master and the student becomes very terse. The Zen master will expect things of the student because the student is in graduate school. Frederick Lenz students practice school The teacher is transmitting pure awareness and consciousness. Frederick Lenz consciousness awareness teacher Chi is developed through meditation, through studying with one who has a great deal of it. Frederick Lenz study masters meditation Zen is not a religion. There is no room for a cult. There is no dependence on a teacher. There is only learning how to use your own mind and making it strong. Frederick Lenz strong mind teacher Find a teacher of Tantric Zen and study with them because it is transference of awareness, a sharing of the perception of the beauty of life. Frederick Lenz study perception teacher In Zen we have no gurus. Frederick Lenz zen-master masters guru The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake and happy, wakeful. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism practice Etiquette is an intelligent way to live. There are certain ways of living you will learn being around advanced students and mostly your teacher. These are methods that have been handed down for thousands of years. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism teacher When we lack etiquette, we trash things. We trash each other. We trash the environment. We lose sight of the value of things. We suffer alienation when our spirit is disconnected from our physical awareness. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism sight In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism spiritual If you attain liberation do not feel that it matters or it is important. You had nothing to do with it. If you are bound by ignorance do not feel bad. You had nothing to do with it. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism ignorance People enter states of consciousness where they think they've become enlightened. The best thing to do, if you've gone through one of those phases, is to be sensible, laugh at yourself for how foolish you were. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism thinking Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were. Frederick Lenz buddhist teacher mean From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism perspective As Buddha points out, you should not rely on the opinions of others for validation of your internal progression. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism validation It has been my experience as a teacher over the years and incarnations that what really counts are not techniques. What really counts is spirit, love. What really counts is a sense of propriety and dedication. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism teacher
