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 In Tantric Zen there is no rule. There is only your immediate experience. Frederick Lenz buddhism Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment exploration buddhism There's a place where everything comes together and where it's all the same. That state of mind, in which all things are the same, is the state of mind of Tantric Zen. Frederick Lenz buddhism mind together It is necessary to have a very liberal and simultaneously very conservative mentality to practice Tantric Zen. Frederick Lenz buddhism conservative practice Tantric Zen is the original Zen, Zen without rules, Zen without form. Zen can certainly take rules and form. So Tantric Zen might have some rules and form, but it would remain formless even though it had rules and form. Frederick Lenz buddhism form might Tantric Zen is a state of mind Frederick Lenz buddhism states mind Tantric Zen is all about the practice of zazen meditation. If you meditate well, you'll be in very powerful states of mind and then it really doesn't matter what you do. Frederick Lenz buddhism powerful practice Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhism gains Tantric Zen, at first, does not appear to have a method. In Tantric Zen, you could meditate on a Brillo box or you could meditate on the clear light of reality. Frederick Lenz buddhism light reality Your immediate experience is Tantric Zen. How aware are you of your immediate experience? - Probably not that aware. Frederick Lenz buddhism Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. Frederick Lenz buddhism want world Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding. Frederick Lenz buddhism age giving Tantric Zen is not being kinky; nor is it being conservative and austere. It is eclectic. It is a real mixture of all things. Frederick Lenz kinky buddhism real Tantric Zen, and the people who practice it, of course, make some people feel extremely uncomfortable. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice people Tantric Zen is for someone who is really broad-minded. It is Bodhidharma's Zen, your Zen, my Zen. Which doesn't mean I have a problem with Japanese Zen. Most Japanese Zen is minding your p's and q's. Frederick Lenz buddhism problem mean Don't worry about your future lives, past lives. Button up your shirt! Stand up straight! Go out and do something. Go out and have some fun. Be alive, change, dissolve, explode! Frederick Lenz buddhism fun past When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes and my strange expression, but they feel the power that emanates from my dedication to the practice. So they are comfortable with me, yet they're very uncomfortable. Frederick Lenz buddhism crazy brother Those who scorn and hate the world and hate themselves miss the point. The point was that there wasn't one. There was no place to go to. Frederick Lenz buddhism hate missing In Tantric Zen, career, relationships, the type of insurance you have - all things are part of your evolution, your awareness, your experience of the suchness of existence. Frederick Lenz buddhism careers evolution Everything is dependent upon your state of mind. That is all there is, states of mind, ten thousand of them. Beyond all states of mind is nirvana. Frederick Lenz buddhism states mind