Purity is innocence, the innocence of lack of self. Desire is innocent unless it's connected with self.
Frederick LenzWhen you see someone draining you, your being naturally cuts it off. Yet many times you can be manipulated not to see.
Frederick LenzA Zen master is someone whose life is one with enlightenment and self-discovery. They can never be separated from that. They've been essentially mastered by Zen.
Frederick LenzThere are some beings who reach a point where they no longer want to move through the ten thousand states of mind. There is something else. It is beyond subject and object. That is nirvana.
Frederick Lenz