Dr. Frederick Lenz, known to his students as Rama, was an American-born enlightened Buddhist teacher. He began teaching Buddhist meditation and mindfulness in his early twenties. Throughout his life, his goal was to transmit the essence of Buddhism so that Western practitioners could achieve the highest state of Buddhist realization – enlightenment. He called his rich, full set of teachings, “American Buddhism.”

Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz was born on February 9, 1950 in San Diego, California. When he was three years old, 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.

His teachings focused on how to achieve the highest state of Buddhist realization: Enlightenment.

His talks, music, and video recordings are available at the Rama Meditation Society Resource Library (ramameditationsociety.org/resource-library-explore-buddhist-teachings-rama-dr-frederick-lenz).

For more info visit:

https://www.ramameditationsociety.org/rama-dr-frederick-lenz

https://www.fredericklenzfoundation.org/rama-dr-frederick-lenz