The 28 transcribed lectures from the luminous Lakshmi Series lectures of 1982 and 1983 are contained in this book.

As a teacher, Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz expected his students to study, understand and live the foundations of self-discovery. These foundations are described in the Lakshmi Series. The talks go into depth on the mystical and live-in-the-world practices that form the basis of Buddhist practice in the 21st century. These are the first set of lectures Rama ever recorded.

Reading the talks, in addition to hearing them, provides an additional way of drawing from Rama’s body of knowledge. All of Rama’s teachings are steeped in the practice of meditation. To meditate well, one must know how to gain and retain energy; this is the art and science of Rama’s Buddhist teachings. To gain energy and to meditate well, Rama presents and discusses topics in the Lakshmi Series that are not covered anywhere else in his published works, yet are vital to know.

Advanced teachings on women and enlightenment, dreaming, the Tibetan rebirth process and achieving spiritual balance are some of the spiritual doorways presented in this series.

CHAPTER TITLES:

Introductory and Intermediate Meditation
Purity and Humility
The Yoga of Love
The Yoga of Selfless Giving
The Yoga of Discrimination
The Yoga of Mysticism and Power
Spiritual Absorption and Nirvana
Death and Reincarnation
Samadhi and the Superconscious States
The Caretaker Personality
The Tibetan Rebirth Process
Living and Working in the World
Pleasure, Pain and the Senses
How to Achieve Spiritual Balance
The Subtle Physical Body
Women, Men and Self-Realization
Inaccessibility and Attachment
Spiritual Experiences, Dreams and Visions
Zen, Taoism and Buddhism
The Occult Body, Auras and the Chakras
Spiritual Teachers and the Enlightenment Process
Advanced Meditation
Dreaming
Gods, Goddesses and Carrier Beings
Dharma and Karma
Tantra and the Left-Handed Path
Liberation and Self-Realization
Tantric Mysticism