Rama - Dr Frederick Lenz

THE ZEN TALKS

The Zen Talks are a collection of 18 talks recorded by Rama, Dr Frederick Lenz in 1986. These have been digitally remastered. Transcripts of the tapes and mp3 downloads are available from the Frederick Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism by clicking on the links below.

The Zen Talks are:

1
Tantric Zen
2
Concentration and Meditation
3
Developing Willpower
4
Overcoming Stress
5
How To Be a Successful Student
6
The Zen of Sports and Athletics
7
Overcoming Fears
8
Karma
9
Reincarnation
10
Career Success
11
Managing and Increasing Your Energy
12
Winning
13
Personal Power
14
Psychic Development
15
Rapid Mental Development
16
Happiness
17
Advanced Meditation
18
Enlightenment

Origin of The Zen Talks

While preparing for a major series of public lectures in 1986, Rama - Dr. Frederick P. Lenz strived to present a path to enlightenment that would be accessible to the largest audience. He chose the framework of Zen as the vehicle to transmit his teachings to current and future students, calling his teachings "Tantric Zen".

Are They Still Relevant?

Absolutely! Enlightenment is about the eternal moment. Practices may be refined and/or modified to accommodate the state of the world as we now find it, but the fundamentals remain ... and these are covered on the Zen Talks.

Accessibility

There have been many teachers of enlightenment over the ages of human history. Many of their works are only now being translated into the English language. There are difficulties with this process based on the simple fact that often there is no direct correlation between words in the language of origin and modern English. The Zen Talks avoid this difficulty because the concepts transmitted require no further translation, just our attention and the will to attain enlightenment.

   

A Personal Note

Some people, on hearing the talks, have commented that Rama's American accent is a distraction. This usually brings a smile to my face as I wonder how these good folk would have understood Guatama Buddha or perhaps a Japanese Zen Master who didn't speak English at all. We now have so many options that perhaps we easily forget just how lucky we are.

My first encounter with the teachings of Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz, was through the Zen Talks. I fondly remember listening to these tapes, which at that time were noisy copies of copies, that had somehow traveled to the opposite side of the planet to reach me. It was at times both humorous and confronting, but ultimately, a life changing experience ... for the better!

Now these talks have been digitally remastered and there is even a book (for those xenophobes amongst us who have a problem with accents :-) ... all thanks to the efforts of the students that Rama has helped to achieve a better life. We may be biased of course, but we still think the Zenmeister is one mighty cool dude. But of course, as Rama would say: "there's really only one way to find out... right?"

- Nexus in the land down under