Frederick Lenz Quotes About Church

• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Practice

• Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Guy, Humanity

• We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel that they could ever be like that; and if that's how they feel - that's how it will be.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Names, People

• The most knowledgeable person is not necessarily the person who runs the government, nor the church, nor the business.

  Frederick Lenz

  Running, Buddhism, Government

• Buddhism is not just going to temple, being at a ceremony and dressing up. That is the church of Buddhism. Esoteric Buddhism is to move beyond this world.

  Frederick Lenz

  Moving, Buddhism, Dressing Up

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