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Zen Master Rama was the name Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz used for several years when teaching. He said that Zen was closest to what he taught. He called it Original Zen -- no hierarchy, no memorized koans, no uniforms, but rather the transmission of the highest states of enlightenment through every act of living. Rama was the original Zen master.
Read MoreThe writing of American Buddhist Rebel was a 15-year voyage of discovery. I learned constantly from the 100+ people I spoke with. One of my research questions involved Rama’s introduction to Surfing the Himalayas. He said the fiction book was based on a real set of events. I found out about fact versus fiction from a number of sources.
Read MoreRama, Dr. Frederick Lenz was an enlightened tulku. He was informed of that fact as a teenager. The fiction books that contain the core of his teachings, Surfing the Himalayas and Snowboarding to Nirvana are based on true events from his teenage years.
Read MoreWhat is it like to work with an enlightened teacher, someone who has stepped outside of the endless circle of duality, stepped into timelesness and eternity, and still offered to stick around to teach?
Read MorePeople today are leery of studying with teachers, but if you find a real teacher -- something that happens infrequently -- then you should go for it and learn and change. Don't care what others think. Care what you think. You know. Your intuition knows. If things change, leave and move on. Very simple. When you read American Buddhist Rebel, you are studying for about 380 pages with a real teacher.
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