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Quotes About Enlightenment

The basic assumption of tantra is that God not only exists in the superconscious, God also exists in the lowest forms of existence.
~ Frederick Lenz
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosophy is the highest music.
~ Plato
You can't change the mind with the mind alone, or we'd all be enlightened
~ Wendy Palmer
A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
For most people the prohibitions are a good thing. But If you are able to maintain very powerful states of mind, then you'll find yourself in everything you see.
~ Frederick Lenz
If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.
~ Epicurus
Tantra means the avoidance of a set or defined form of spirituality. Tantra is intuitive self-discovery.
~ Frederick Lenz
It's ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can't see nothing." – Snipes (185)
~ Ron Rash, Serena
Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory.
~ Frederick Lenz
Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.
~ Frederick Lenz
The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.
~ Frederick Lenz
The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation.
~ Frederick Lenz
In Tantric Buddhism, we believe that Samsara is Nirvana. That is to say that everything in the universe is part of us. And we also are part of everything in the universe.
~ Frederick Lenz
There are no rules. Nothing you can do will take you to liberation; therefore, nothing you avoid will help you along the path to liberation.. Everything is liberation.
~ Frederick Lenz
Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer.
~ Frederick Lenz
There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.
~ Frederick Lenz
In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter a bit when you are dead - fade away.
~ Frederick Lenz
In the world of Buddhist mind, in the advanced states, we go beyond time, space, life, death and Newsweek.
~ Frederick Lenz
Tantra is for the person who has self control but doesn't care anymore. It is for the person who is able to abandon self-control and its fixation.
~ Frederick Lenz
Zen is Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana is tantric Buddhism - these are various forms of it. Tantric Buddhism simply means cutting to the chase.
~ Frederick Lenz
Tantra does not seek any type of experience, nor does it avoid it.
~ Frederick Lenz
Tantra is only recommended for someone who has a very developed will power, a terrific sense of humor, and a sense that nothing else matters but God and self-realization.
~ Frederick Lenz
If you follow anything far enough in the universe, it will eventually lead to light.
~ Frederick Lenz