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In both Surfing the Himalayas and Snowboarding to Nirvana, I have tried to transmit as best I could the spirit of humor, and the sense of humor of the monks I have encountered.

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
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Surfing
Himalayas
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Snowboarding
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Nirvana
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Rama

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You cannot be born and you cannot die because you don't even exist ... in the sense that you think of existence.
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Kring is the mantra of power. Kring should only be repeated when you are in deep meditation.
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If you are having problems with money, the answer isn't cutting back. The answer is to make more money.
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We encompass all of existence, yet a particle of our awareness is focused in this world, in the moment.
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Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.
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You can think whatever you want, you can create all the labels you choose, but the universe just is. You can come to terms with it or not. If you don't come to terms with it, we say you live in illusion.
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You are sitting on this little planet, spaceship earth. The universe is very accessible to you. You don't need a spaceship to travel there. Most of the worlds are non-physical. And it's all God it's all eternity
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The school of awareness is the school of mysticism. Mysticism is the experience of eternity, of that which lies beyond the physical phenomenal experience.
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