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Who needs to go the horror movies? Just go outside or turn on the TV. Buddha called it the nightmare of the day. Welcome to incarnate experience.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Called
Incarnate
Suffering
Buddha
Nightmare
Turns
Welcome
Experience
Horror
Needs
Outside
Movies
Turn

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Christmas time - an Enlightened Teacher came into the world, taught, and died. His message was simple: Forgive. While the human beings of this planet have still not absorbed this simple Truth, it remains the Truth.
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The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, What is right?
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We have to leave everything we have been, a perceiver, I as an individual. That is enlightenment.
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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.
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Meditation is the journey to happiness.
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You could go outside today and have a glum face, or you could put a smile on your face and go out into the world, even though you don't feel like it - that's selfless giving!
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Master Fwap, who told me that snowboarding, or any activity could be improved by the practice of meditation. Since I had had previously some training in Korean martial arts, I was somewhat open to the idea.
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When you live a life devoid of ritual and convention, with honesty and self-effacement, then you are on the road to freedom.
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There is suffering and there is joy. Your life is very short, and then you're back again for another and another, forever, unless you step off the wheel.
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You can be alone too in the city streets, among the crowds. We are all alone.
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The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few people experience. They are also quite pragmatic and practical and they make you more efficient at living and working in the world.
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The state of mind that you are in causes you to act in a certain way. Your actions will bear results. The ultimate result of all karmas and actions is state of mind. You are your state of mind.
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Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I do not claim to have any past life connection with the historical Rama. It's just a name I liked.
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Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings.
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A person who has power has an open mind. Their mind is open and they can see on other levels. Seeing is a quality that comes to a person who has personal power.
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Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale.
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You could sit around and feel sorry for yourself or you can go out and do things for others.
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