In 1986, as Rama - Dr. Frederick 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."
"What I term Tantric Zen, I could also refer to as old Zen, the original face of Zen, ornew Zen, contemporary Zenpractice-no mind, the mirror ofexistence.
"Bodhidharma, who brought Zen fromIndia to the Orient, taught a very puretype of Zen.
"Zen is meditation, the actual experienceof life-directly, immediately, with nobuffers.
"Tantra is for someone who is reallybroad-minded, and that's the kind of Zenthat I teach, which is what I feel Zen is.
"It is Bodhidharma Zen, your Zen, myZen."
-Rama
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