Winner of the 2016 Eric Hoffer Award and a "Best Books of 2015" winner from USA Book News, this acclaimed biography of the brilliant, controversial Buddhist teacher Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz (1950 - 1998). In this free-spirited adventure of a wild, sports jock teenager who transforms into an iconoclastic, innovative leader, boundary breaking is de rigueur as reported by the 100+ students and colleagues interviewed by author Liz Lewinson. Meditation, the empowerment of women and career as practice are but three of the core teachings covered in this book. Dr. Lenz ran into opposition, of course, but he kept his priorities straight. When he visited Nepal at age 19, he encountered an aged monk who informed him that he was a lineage bearer. He was to revive an ancient school of enlightenment. He was to find his many past life students and help them achieve joyous enlightenment in this life or at least set them securely on the path. He was to do this in the West, using Western means. In the East, centuries-old traditions maintain meditative pathways to enlightenment. In the West, facing a blank canvas, Dr. Lenz found new ways to build mental/meditative prowess through careers such as computer science, visits to American "places of power," knowledge about real gender equilibrium, movies, music, and dance. He taught these skills to American students and observed their success. When you read this fast-paced biography, you enter the inner teaching circle of baseline American Buddhism. "This fascinating biography captures the wisdom of a genuine, compelling teacher who combined absolute miracles with humor, fun, and adventure. When you read this fast-paced book, you feel you are there, learning and transforming. This is an original and exciting read." -- Lynn Andrews, author of The Medicine Woman Series

Blue Skies Buddha

Biographies & Memoirs

Lewinson, Liz

Leaders & Notable People

Mystic-Buddha Publishing House

WOMEN ARE THE POWER SPECIES ON THE PLANET. Why? Because life force or kundalini flows through women more strongly than in men. The primary aspect of the male person is love and humility. Somewhere back in time, the roles got switched - but it's time to make it right. - Learn why women are built to lead - Make meditation your secret power tool - Reclaim your balance, your being, your self Men in charge have unwittingly created a heavy, inflexible power structure that lurches toward destruction. We must up-end the confusion and unravel the deep-rooted lines of misunderstanding before our world suffers further. The time for change is now.

Women, Meditation, and Power

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

Skye Pearl

MEN OWN UNTAPPED RESERVOIRS OF LOVING KINDNESSOver many millennia, men were conditioned by highly limited ideas of masculinity. They were taught constricted views of loving kindness, self, and power. These incorrect messages damaged all the different relationships in men's lives.An objective look at power shows that power is not domination and control; it is fluidity and change - the core quality, we are now realizing, of women. If females represent power, where does this leave men? Men possess the strongest force in the universe. Profound love -- not passion, not romance - but a deep, resonant love from the heart. A love for life, for being.By understanding the vast innate power of women and the deep loving kindness of men, and the ways we all have male and female within, both sexes can step into their full power, help heal their relationships, and re-calibrate our world.

The Power of the Loving Man

Religion & Spirituality

More than 100 people contributed to this award-winning biography of the complex, iconoclastic, and enlightened Buddhist teacher, Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz. Organically combining the essence of Zen and Tantric Buddhism, Lenz created life-changing challenges and adventures for his students. Whether teaching in one-on-one encounters or groups of 1,000 people, he shifted people out of their comfort zones and filled the gaps with light.. As an American born in 1950 and growing up in the turbulent 60s and early 70s, he brought a fresh view to manifesting Buddhism for the West. He focused on learning by experience, whether in still, perfect meditation or software sales, and encouraged Western ways to bring students to enlightenment. Miracles and healings were part of his nature.\nEnlightenment is real, an achievable state of mind, but it requires radical change and letting go of old patterns that stick to the self like glue. Rama was tireless and committed to helping his students (and his friends and acquaintances). He was honest and funny. He set out a path for seekers of enlightenment for all people for all time. This biography details the years from his birth through his life-changing journey to Nepal as a teenager and all the fast-paced years that followed.\nIn the spirit of Zen, and with his own enlightened awareness, he could sense your expectations, fears, and ego-blocks and always confound them. He was always teaching. Read this book and you are in the room, studying with an enlightened teacher. 
"This is definitely a book that changes your perspective on life for the better" --Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Benjamin Franklin Award Review 
"This fascinating biography captures the wisdom of a genuine, compelling teacher who combined absolute miracles with humor, fun and adventure." --Lynn V. Andrews, author of The Medicine Woman Series\n"Fun adventure. Love reading real life stories. This one is of particular interest as so many different people contributed to the profile of one individual, each from their unique perspective, but woven together expertly in story format by the biographer Lewinson. A wild ride. Could not put it down once I picked it up.-- L. Marshall

American Buddhist Rebel: Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz (Book One)

In 1969, a teenager named Frederick P. Lenz III flew to Kathmandu, Nepal with an early version snowboard, hoping to snow-surf down the highest mountains he could find. On his first run, he plowed into an aged Buddhist monk who told the incredulous teen their meeting was destiny, that his past life enlightenment would return, and he would help millions of people. In this award-winning biography, you'll take a front row seat as Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz applies his emerging multi-dimensional skillset to illuminate and reboot lives. Funny, controversial, reverent, irreverent, he was the koan.

American Buddhist Rebel: The Story of Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz

Buddhism

Torchflame Books