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Frederick Lenz Quotes about Mindfulness

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Personal power, knowledge and fun come from how you approach something, not what you approach.

Personal power, knowledge and fun come from how you approach something, not what you approach.

Fun, Buddhism, Mindfulness

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

Buddhism, Discipline, Mindfulness

There comes a time in life when you just buckle down and have a good time with what you're doing. It doesn't matter much what you're doing. What matters is how you do it.

Buddhism, What Matters, Mindfulness

What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.

Buddhism, Perfect, Mindfulness

The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.

Buddhism, Meditation, Mindfulness

If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you.

Buddhism, Best Effort, Mindfulness

There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting your daily life, into monitoring your thoughts.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Daily Life

You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Want

Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.

Buddhism, Balance, Mindfulness

Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.

Buddhism, Reality, Mindfulness

Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a matter of fact, thinking is an easy way to confuse yourself. The more you think, the less you know.

Buddhism, Thinking, Mindfulness

When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing.

Buddhism, Practice, Mindfulness

In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit, develop willpower, increase your sense of humor and gain wisdom.

Practice, Balance, Mindfulness

I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me. They were cluttered up with many thoughts about Buddhism.

Buddhist, Buddhism, Mindfulness

Forget that you are anybody and just perform the activities around you. Look at them. Watch what you are doing, my God! Life is right in front of you, and it's great.

Happiness, Buddhism, Mindfulness

This is the process of mental analysis, sifting through the selves, sifting through your thoughts, practicing mindfulness, learning to control thought.

Buddhism, Self, Mindfulness

In Zen we do everything perfectly. We feel that our outer actions are a reflection of our inner state. We call it mindfulness.

Buddhism, Reflection, Mindfulness

When you do something half-heartedly, you don't get much of a result. When you do it fully, you get a great result.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Half

Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact with.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Our Actions

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

Think about what is in front of you, if you must think.

Buddhism, Thinking, Mindfulness

Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of you because you're so distracted by your thoughts.

Beautiful, Buddhism, Mindfulness

Just see beauty as you walk around through your day. Feel things. Unhook from your thoughts and all the busy things you are doing. Start to look at life. This is mindfulness.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Looks

None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's fleeting.

Buddhism, Trying, Mindfulness

Meditate on your own and refine your consciousness. Tighten up your life. Constantly examine your life and look for weak points. You know what's going on in your life.

Buddhism, Mindfulness, Looks

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