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 If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies, the difficulty with it is that you will not be moving towards enlightenment. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism moving People want to will their self realization. They want to know what the right thing to do all the time is. There is no right thing. There's no code. There are certain basic recommendations. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism self Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood. It's gross ignorance and egotism. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism ignorance Do not feel that you are destined not to make that final liberation in this life. This is egotism in a reverse form. Don't be concerned one way or the other. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism finals The way you succeed at all this stuff is by stopping trying to succeed and just working very hard without thinking about it, just trusting, completely. It's that faith that creates the bridge on which you walk across to eternity. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism thinking Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism hate As Buddhist monks, our task is to bring ourselves resolutely more and more into light, to forgive and forget, to forget those who create problems for us because to remember them is only to keep problems is mind. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism light Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total purpose of a monk. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism forever Are you still carrying everyone who's insulted you, injured you or interfered with you? That's a lot of weight. I'd let it go, personally, and just move on and forget. Be in the moment. Don't even notice. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism moving Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhist buddhism A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part of their life. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism responsibility Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism finals It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive. Frederick Lenz karma buddhist teacher We seek to unify ourselves with the endless light of truth, of God, of nirvana. We recognize the infinite playing through all beings and all forms, but we only have to concern ourselves with ourselves. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism light That's what self-discovery seems to mean to most people. You're going to beat yourself up. You're going to reduce what you're supposed to be and do to a set of rules so you can defy them, or so you can perform them and feel smug. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism mean Humility simply means that you do a great job at everything and it isn't really a big deal. Frederick Lenz buddhist jobs mean Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I have to do is be myself and be dignified in my meditation and my lifestyle. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism spiritual I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use it in our relationship with each other. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism spiritual Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy and possessiveness. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism caring You've gained some powers by your entrance into other dimensions and you use them to attack others or to make others miserable, then power reverses on you and it pulls you apart because it's not supposed to be used that way. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism use
