Dr. Frederick Lenz - Rama
“What he had to say I related to quite well. He spoke of God realization as something quite normal and accessible. The analogies he presented were refreshing. He spoke of meditation as an act of self sacrifice, like throwing oneself into the fiery rays of the sun to burn up and each time one comes back, there remains a little less of the old self.”
– Quote from the book Last Incarnation
Who is Rama?
Dr. Frederick Lenz, Rama was an American-born enlightened Buddhist teacher. He started teaching in his early twenties. He regained his past life enlightenment at age 31 and then went on to go further in realization. He was a teacher of the mystical, the spiritual and the practical.
In his teaching style, Rama looked constantly for American ways to bring the student’s consciousness out of their stuck patterns and into light. He was dedicated to find his past life students in order to help them to attain Samadhi that is the highest state of consciousness.
With his way of teaching he established American Buddhism – the essence of Buddhist teachings transmitted in a way suited to contemporary American society.
“I come into the world to be of service to beings who seek knowledge, empowerment, enlightenment; who seek to grow, evolve, develop; who want to have more fun with their lives and experience the profundity of being; who want to become more conscious in their short time in an incarnate form. I’m a teacher.”
– Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz
Rama’s Life
Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz was born on February 9, 1950 in San Diego, California, At his age 3, his family moved to Stamford, Connecticut.
Dr. Lenz attended the University of Connecticut where he majored in English and minored in Philosophy.
While in college, he was inducted as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
After winning a highly competitive State of New York Graduate Council Fellowship, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
In the early 1980s, Dr. Lenz formed the school of American Buddhism, eventually teaching well over 100,000 people Buddhist principles and meditation until he passed away on April 12th, 1998.
During his career he worked as a teacher, an author, a speaker, and a musician. He wrote several books, co-wrote and produced over 30 musical albums, recorded hundreds of talks.
All in his actions he focused on how to bring his students to the highest state of Buddhist realization: Enlightenment.
Throughout his life he remained engaged and caring, immersed in the teacher’s role.
His mantra was: “If I can do this, so can you!”
What the enlightened teacher does is to lift the student up so that they can see. The teacher can point the way, but the student has to do it themselves.
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