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Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total purpose of a monk.

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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Purpose
Buddhist
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Enlightenment
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Buddhism
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Thousand
Radiance

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Time is a convenient filing system human beings have devised to segregate their experiences.
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Each one of you has created a sense of self. That's what the tonal does. Each one of you is taught a system of maintenance that has been developed by humankind from your birth till your death.
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So in the world of Enlightenment, things are just things, except they're not things. We're in nirvana. There is no debating team.
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You have elected to follow this path you do not know. You have elected to follow the path because eternity has elected you. You will follow it is as long as eternity holds you to it.
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