All meditation involves focus until we enter into the quality-less, thoughtless essence. Detailed instructions for points of focus in meditation and for learning to re-focus the mind are presented. As Rama – Dr, Frederick Lenz states, “the practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it is perfect meditation….
In occultism, we hook ourselves to powers, forces, and energies (such as the solstices and equinoxes) to carry us along the way. Solstices and Equinoxes is talk 24 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism. Download all talks in this series (Free MP3 audio)
“Next to meditation itself, next to the practice of zazen, I really can’t think of anything more important than the development of your career, because nothing has a greater effect on your awareness level. Whether your career is in the work force or your career is retirement and hobbies, looking after a family, a…
“The universe is actually alive. It is intelligence — an intelligence that far surpasses anything that has yet been seen or dreamed or imagined. And you enter into that intelligence. You are it. You’re a reflection of it. But to see it all, to be it, to be that totality — that’s what attracts a…
“El ciclo de la iluminación”, conferencias grabadas por Rama, el Dr. Frederick P. Lenz, son un curso básico para los estudiantes del budismo y la meditación. Este grupo de conferencias es un resumen, una compresión de conocimiento que representa una enorme cantidad de sabiduría. Los temas incluyen: meditación, budismo, poder, balance, sabiduría, iluminación, felicidad personal,…
“A Buddhist monastery has a certain chemistry. There’s a certain laughter, a certain excitement, a certain brightness, and ebullience, and it’s hard to capture that here (in the West). I think that same brightness here is captured in another way, and that’s by living and working in the world.” Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz Career…
“Power is the active force in life. It is the force of life that makes awareness. Power is the band that we perceive things on. In radio, we have AM stations, FM stations, short wave stations, and others. They’re frequencies. Frequencies vibrate at specific rates, and within those frequencies, we transmit information and receive information. …
“A person is made up of awarenesses. These awarenesses all exist in the unknown — now we’re moving into what don Juan calls “the sorcerer’s explanation”. It’s the explanation of life. All of the awareness that has ever been or will ever be, exist, he says, like barges floating in the ocean. It’s a…
In 1986, as Rama – Dr. Frederick P. Lenz prepared for a major public lecture series, he sought to present a path to enlightenment that would be most understandable to the largest group of people. He selected Zen as most relevant to his current and future students and called his teachings “Tantric Zen.” The book…
The Enlightenment Cycle talks, recorded by Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz in 1992, are must-have coursework for students of American Buddhism. This book of twelve transcribed talks is a summation, a compressing of knowledge that contains a vast body of information. While each talk covers many subjects, within each discourse is a potent kernel of…
In this book of 13 transcripts recorded in 1983, Rama openly explores topics such as “How to Know God”, “Why Don’t More Women Attain Enlightenment”, “Love: The Fourth Level of Ecstacy” and “Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrine”. Available in paperback and on Kindle. “There is another side to life than that which most people are…
The On the Road with Rama transcripts capture the words of a wonderful tape set recorded in 1985 at different power places in the United States. Rama -Dr. Frederick P. Lenz specifically chose each location because the place emanated the essence of the topic he wished to discuss. There are seven chapters in the book:…