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Nirvana is a state of perpetual bliss and ecstasy, unaffected by the transient ups and downs of its own creations.
Frederick Lenz
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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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San Diego
California
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Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think, because they have watered down, quasi-religious ideas about that which creates in enlightenment.
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There are dark forces in the world that would have you believe that you can't succeed and that you're a failure and that you're evil and all this nonsense.
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If you are a successful person and you let a lot of people in and around your life, they can drain your power. It won't go to them, but it will leave you.
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Do not be selfish and feel new people will take more of the teacher's attention and you won't get it. That's nonsense. With that attitude, you won't get it. The teacher sees that attitude and will have very little to do with you.
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Love is something that we don't control. We have to be ourselves. You can be sexual, nonsexual, asexual, bisexual, or trisexual and it really doesn't have a lot to do with enlightenment.
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The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on the marvel of your own being.
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The imbalance I speak of in the world, which we see manifested in wars, violence, poverty and other depressed social conditions stems from a lack of knowledge.
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Meditate well so you can be a good instrument of eternity. You could have a mediocre meditation today, but you're not going to. Today you might run into someone who you might talk to about the dharma.
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As long as it's a world, it has laws. Why, I don't know, it's just the way it is. In Nirvana, there are no laws.
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After two or three days, the door will close and you will not be able to make those changes as easily.
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Pain and suffering only occur in temporal time. They don't occur in the world of forever. They only occur in limited transient time, which is a state of mind.
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You see, that's the fun of Buddhism. We do have a wild card in the deck that can't be explained, that changes value continuously, and that's enlightenment.
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As you pass through this life, have you done all that you really wish to for others?
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