Frederick Lenz Quotes About Mistakes

• Often, in the student's confusion, she or he directs anger at the teacher, blaming them for the pain they are experiencing, or for their own mistakes.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Pain, Mistake

• To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake. You'll gain the power, but with the current mindset that you have you'll probably create more unhappiness for yourself than happiness.

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  Teacher, Mistake, Buddhism

• I love people who make mistakes. That's why I'm in the teaching business. I love people who make mistakes because I enjoy watching them learn and helping them, assisting them. I find it a beautiful process.

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  Beautiful, Mistake, Teaching

• Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Mistake

• It is the teacher's job to point out mistakes so that an individual doesn't continue to hurt themselves or others.

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  Teacher, Hurt, Jobs

• To think that God is compassionate is a terrible mistake. To think that God is wrathful is equally stupid. God isn't emotional. You are. To superimpose your emotions on infinity is typically human.

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  God, Mistake, Stupid

• To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.

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  Mistake, Buddhism, Unhappy

• What Sri Krishna is saying, is that it's a terrible mistake to believe that this life we lead is real. Obviously it's real, but it doesn't last very long in its realness. It's very ephemeral and to mistaken the forms of life, the shapes that life takes, for reality, is not wise.

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  Wise, Real, Mistake

• The true teacher of love is the heart. The heart is very, very wise. It makes mistakes from time to time, but it has a wisdom all of its own.

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  Wise, Teacher, Mistake

• Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world.

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  Mistake, Yoga, Trying

• What gets frustrating for some people is the fact that you might get very high, but you find yourself pulled down again. There are forces of illusion or maya that cause us to make mistakes.

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  Mistake, Ignorance, People

• To suffer because of anything you see, feel or experience here in the world of moment to moment is a mistake. It is like becoming upset over a frightening dream.

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  Dream, Mistake, Ignorance

• Advanced Teachers always forgive. It is inevitable that anyone who seek knowledge and power will make many mistakes.

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  Teacher, Mistake, Knowledge And Power

• Never make a move until you find yourself making it, because it might be too soon. It's always better to wait. Whenever you're not sure, wait, and in time you'll find yourself doing it. To act before then would be a mistake.

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  Wisdom, Mistake, Moving

• While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is also a mistake.

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  Teacher, Mistake, People

• A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.

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  Mistake, Buddhism, Frustrated

• One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular notion that those who seek enlightenment should abandon the things of this world.

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  Success, Mistake, Buddhism

• Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.

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  Mistake, Health, Buddhism

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

• When a lot of people meditate what they do is they're thinking about other people. This is a terrible mistake. If you do this, stop!

  Frederick Lenz

  Mistake, Thinking, People

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