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Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 95

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Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy.

Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Becoming One

The Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation.

Buddhist, Messages, Affirmation

From my own personal encounters and studies with both Tantric and Zen Buddhist monks, I have found them to be humorous, warm, charming, and compassionate.

Buddhist, Humorous, Encounters

Humor enables us to deal with and overcome many of the most painful and difficult situations in our lives.

Buddhist, Difficult Situations, Overcoming

The essence of all practice is to be cool. Life is not worth getting excited about because whatever you perceive is an illusion.

Buddhist, Essence, Practice

The essential premise of Buddhism is that there is enlightenment, there is nirvana. Beyond this world, beyond all worlds, there's something radiant, perfect and eternal.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Perfect

Even though it's not perceivable to the mind or senses, it's there and enlightenment is absolute freedom.

Buddhist, Mind, Enlightenment

Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve that. People enjoy that, it helps them, it strengthens their practice.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Practice

The Buddha gave his first talks, and three or four ascetics became his first disciples. They recognized his enlightenment.

Buddhist, Enlightenment, Firsts

Over a period of years he collected thousands of discples. Many became his students. Many didn't become his students but whenever he was in town they would go and see him.

Buddhist, Years, Towns

Some tried to kill him; there were assassination attempts. Some hated him ... this is par for the course.

Buddhist, Hated, Cosmology

A time comes when it isn't enough to read about Buddha, we wish to have that happen to ourselves. That's when we move from the exoteric to the esoteric, from religion to mysticism.

Buddhist, Moving, Wish

Real Buddhism is about meditation.

Buddhist, Real, Buddhism

Buddhism is yoga. Yoga started, who knows when? A long time ago, when the first person found that they could still their thoughts and experience eternity and access the higher planes of mind.

Buddhist, Yoga, Buddhism

Occasionally, in each age and in different lands, a Buddha is born, that is to say, an enlightened person...they re-codify the ways, the practices, they make changes that are just intelligent changes that adapt to a new century, a new culture.

Buddhist, Intelligent, Land

Buddhism doesn't come from anybody. It exists by itself.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Cosmology

Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't have to wait around for some nebulous God to help you.

Buddhist, Mean, Buddhism

The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that it's more correct. We live in a world with promises of paradise.

Buddhist, Stress, Buddhism

The realms of light exist everywhere forever. But it is up to an individual to raise their mind to a level of stillness at which they can perceive these most beautiful realms of light.

Beautiful, Buddhist, Light

Buddhists believe that you are who you are today is because of who you have been in all your past lives.

Buddhist, Believe, Past

Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

Buddhism is the study of changing who we are, modifying or perhaps totally restructuring ourselves as perceivers.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Who We Are

Buddhism is the study of power initially. It takes a certain amount of power to even know your potential - to have the sense that you can change the way you perceive.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Way

Buddhism is perception, gaining control of the mind and directing one's attention, to raise the kundalini energy so that it flows with such volatility and force that we simply perceive life correctly.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Perception

Behind the transient reality, there is something else. It is a deeper, more permanent and unchanging reality that we Buddhists call nirvana.

Buddhist, Reality, Unchanging

It is the Buddhist belief that all things, experiences and people are inherently empty. That is a simple way of saying that all physical and nonphysical things have another side.

Buddhist, Simple, People

Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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