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 You're not the doer. What's to do? You can't undo what's not done. It's all one anyway, why think about it? But you need to discriminate, so you'd better think about it. Frederick Lenz buddhism needs thinking I'm not exactly sure where we are, but I'm confident of where we're not. Frederick Lenz buddhism Stop trying to figure it all. Why worry about it all so much? Why not just live? And then you die. And then you live again, unless, of course, you follow me. Frederick Lenz buddhism worry trying Perfection is not a final state. It is a state of mind. There are ten thousand states of mind. Frederick Lenz buddhism perfection mind The reason you see yourself as a creep is because you have an appreciation of what perfection is, whereas no one else conceives of themselves in that way, since they don't even strive. Frederick Lenz buddhism perfection appreciation What is perfect? From the Zen mind, perfection is not being there. Frederick Lenz buddhism perfect mind When you realize your own emptiness, that will be something, won't it? Frederick Lenz buddhism emptiness realizing Discriminate between the transient and the eternal. Learn to move from complete control to complete abandon. Frederick Lenz abandon buddhism moving The world that you see is like a motion picture. We are engrossed in a film and we have forgotten that we're sitting in a movie theatre. Frederick Lenz buddhism theatre sitting Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete. Frederick Lenz buddhism athlete sports There is competition in Zen. Let's not be ridiculous. There is competition in everything in life; being a winner in Zen means, competing and winning in the world of enlightenment. Frederick Lenz buddhism winning mean Thousands and thousands of incarnations and nothing to show for it. You must choose whether to follow the path of love or the path of attachment. Frederick Lenz path-of-love buddhism attachment When your Japanese lifetime is coming out, drink all the sake you want. Have a little bash. Frederick Lenz buddhism want littles It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are. Frederick Lenz buddhism fighting real Eternity is everywhere, it stretches endlessly in all directions, never beginning and never ending. Merge with it. Embrace it. Be free and disciplined. Frederick Lenz embrace buddhism eternity There is no ultimate objective reality within the ten thousand states of mind. Most people don't like to hear this. But there are ten thousand realities, and each is definitely unifying. Frederick Lenz buddhism reality people What you focus on you become. So always focus on that which is highest, brightest, happiest and most noble of all things, enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhism focus To look for truth in all the wrong and all the right places is the only excuse for living. Frederick Lenz buddhism excuse looks The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly to be sought after. Frederick Lenz buddhism sensual philosophy Celibacy doesn't make you enlightened, otherwise every nun or priest in Buddhism or Christianity would be enlightened. People who don't date and can't get any action would be enlightened. Frederick Lenz buddhism would-be people
