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March 13, 2021 Liz Lewinson

Updated on 1/17/22

If you would like to learn about Rama, there are bountiful free and beautiful resources all over the web, on Amazon, iTunes, and many other sources.

You can hear lots of chat about about Rama, but please remember. Rama was a Teacher. He was an incarnation of Love. His mission was to present the highest Buddhist (universal) wisdom in forms that contemporary seekers could understand. His mission was to present knowledge that was relevant and appropriate for our turbulent times. Choose any book, or talk, or meditate to Zazen music, and a doorway to profound knowledge about yourself and life opens. Explore away!

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BOOKS ABOUT OR BY Frederick Lenz

Books by Frederick Lenz, including Surfing the HImalayas and Snowboarding to Nirvana are featured on the Rama Meditation Society’s RMS’s) book resource page.

Books of Rama’s lectures, carefully transcribed and preserved, are available on Amazon or the RMS resource page.

The Enlightenment Cycle

Insights: Talks on the Nature of Existence

Insights: Tantric Buddhist Reflections on Life

On the Road with Rama

The Lakshmi Series

Zen Tapes

Tantric Buddhism

Here’s a sampling of books written by people who gained transformative life lessons from the teachings of Dr. Lenz.

American Zen : The Wisdom of an American Zenji is a gentle book about Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz by Y. Ohta. Rama was a true Zen master who embodied the teachings of original Zen. In Ohta’s book, which she illustrated herself, she captures the wisdom, stillness, and humor of the American Zen master in a series of short, pithy chapters. It’s on Amazon in print and ebook.

Another fun read is Zen Entrepreneurship by Riz Virk. Substitute Rama for “Ramaswami.” Rama becomes a wise, mystical business coach as Riz, a best-selling author and technologist, develops his first multi-million dollar startup.

The Last Incarnation is a compelling set of stories written by Rama’s students in the mid-1980s. The stories are written from the heart and tell of magical encounters, movie outings, and learning lessons. This book is now available as an audio book as well as print and digital formats.

Check out The Art of Rama: Interviews with Direct Students of Rama by Marsha Pritchard. Pritchard spoke with six of Rama’s women students, each of whom presented a personal take on the brilliant change and transformation they experienced as a student.

Turiya - Jenna Sundell writes of her personal experiences with Rama in her book, Worlds of Power, Worlds of Light. She states, “These experiences that occurred in my early twenties changed my life.”

Zoe Nicholson shares a powerful journal of her time studying with Rama. The Passionate Heart is intimately written with brilliant story-telling.

Rama Speaks: The Teachings of Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz by Lawrence Borok condenses Dr. Lenz’s audio lecture series into a single, knowledge-packed volume. This is an excellent overview.

Frederick Lenz FILMS

See a collection of Rama films on YouTube at Dr. Frederick Lenz, Rama - Official Channel. For example:

“Signs of a Rebel Buddha” is a multi-award-winning video essay about Rama.

“Women and Enlightenment” provides the essence of Rama’s teachings on the core power of women.

“How to Meditate’ walks you through the foundation of meditation practice.

Frederick Lenz MUSIC

The band Zazen created numerous musical albums for meditation and high listening.

Find free, downloadable and streamable albums on the Resource page at Rama Meditation Society — https://www.ramameditationsociety.org/resources/type/music.

The Zazen Music with Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz YouTube channel features singles as well as recordings of live Zazen concerts.

Beautiful music videos of “Ecologie,” composed by Joaquin Lievano and Frederick Lenz , reside on the YouTube Zazen channel. Prepare to be blown away by the poignant, still, magic of this music.

Spotify and Apple Music also carry Zazen music.

Frederick Lenz TALKS

Over 130 recorded talks of awesome, timeless knowledge are free for listening and streaming at the Rama Meditation Society Resource Library — https://www.ramameditationsociety.org/resources/type/talk-sets.

A student turned many of these talks into video format on YouTube.