687 Quotes by Frederick Lenz

Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen – in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show that the way still existed and wanted to get back to its essence.

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.

Don’t listen to voices. If you hear voices talking to you, forget it. Disregard the information, even if it is right occasionally. You are dealing with non-physical forces that are trying to influence you.

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.

The quieter you can make your mind, the more you’ve invoked your will.

If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you.

I am a Teacher. I am the keeper of mysteries. You seek knowledge and power, Truth, Light, and happiness. I am happy to aid you in your search.

The kundalini rises and the kundalini is hot, it’s a hot energy. Sometimes you feel it cascading up your spine, and it’s kind of searing or it’s tingling, it almost feels sexual.

Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power.