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Experience stillness, laughter, wisdom and growth as you read about the formative, early teaching years of the enlightened American teacher, Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz.
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This acclaimed biography of the early teaching years of Rama ‐ Dr. Frederick Lenz (1950 ‐ 1998) is the moving story of the founding of an original, heart-filled movement of American Buddhism.
Readers take part in a free-spirited adventure as they witness a wild, sports-jock teenager transform into an iconoclastic, innovative spiritual teacher. For Frederick Lenz, boundary breaking was the norm as witnessed and reported by the 100+ students and colleagues interviewed by author Liz Lewinson.
Meditation, the empowerment of women, and Buddhist wisdom form the core of Dr. Lenz’s teachings, which he shared and honed with boundless enthusiasm.
This award-winning biography (Eric Hoffer and Benjamin Franklin awards) tells the story of Rama, Dr. Frederick P. Lenz (1950–1998), an enlightened spiritual teacher who developed a unique form of American Buddhism. Rama taught tens of thousands, transforming lives with humor, compassion, and radiant energy.
From childhood, signs of his unusual path appeared—at age three, he entered samadhi in his mother’s garden. As a teen, he traveled to Nepal with a homemade snowboard, where an elderly monk foretold his return to enlightenment and mission to guide millions. Back in the US, Rama earned a PhD, began teaching, and introduced fresh ways to guide skeptical Westerners toward higher, happier states of mind.
Audiences recalled him filling halls with golden light and joy, healing from afar, and embodying enlightenment itself. His students described him as compassionate, controversial, wise, and irreverent. Drawing from over 100 interviews, the book reveals how Rama didn’t just speak of enlightenment—he lived it, and continues to inspire.
Liz Lewinson is Chief Executive Officer of The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism. Since 2003, the Foundation has given out close to $9 million in grants to over 200 Buddhist organizations, including those that offer secular meditation and mindfulness. The Foundation also offers nonprofit training, stages conferences, and hold webinars. Find us at https://www.fredericklenzfoundation.org.
Liz began her writing career as a freelance journalist and soon segued into Hollywood public relations, landing A-list clients in a number of entertainment sectors. After a decade in PR, intrigued by the field of computer science, she took in-depth training in computer science and ended up managing complex, multi-million-dollar I.T. projects for Wall Street firms.
She is the author of two more books–“Women, Meditation, and Power,” and “The Power of the Loving Man.” With her work at the Lenz Foundation, she focuses on supporting grant themes such as Women Leaders in Buddhism and collaboration opportunities for grant recipients.
