g of this book, is still listed as "missing." I
read about Rama's claim that those who had not done well in his program
were "simply unrealistic or lazy." And I read about Rama's claim that
he merely wanted to teach, travel, meditate, and, when time permitted,
date women. "I have a great life," Rama was quoted as saying. "I'm
one of the happier people I know."

In 1992, Rama regularly held private meetings for his computer company
"monks" at the Performing Arts Center at the State University of New
York at Purchase. Christopher Beach, director of the Performing Arts
Center, told The New York Times ("Mentor to Some, Cult Leader to
Others", Westchester edition, 6/20/93) that Lenz is "no more than a
Dale Carnegie of the 90's." Dr. Sheldon N. Grebstein, president of SUNY
Purchase, also defended Lenz in The Times article: "At SUNY Purchase we
have directly witnessed none of the alleged cult activity."

From the stage of this prestigious auditorium, Rama, whom Grebstein
described as a "model client," instructed the hi-tech monks to fan out
to different parts of the country, form front organizations, and give
talks on meditation. On the east coast his recruiting arms included:
Boston Meditation Society (Massachusetts), Hartford Meditation Society
(Connecticut), Philadelphia Society for the Meditative Arts (eastern
Pennsylvania), Diamond Mind (Washington, D.C. and Maryland), New Jersey
Meditative Society (southern New Jersey and Princeton area), Virginia
Meditative Society, and Manhattan Meditation Forum (New York City and
Westchester). On the west coast: Banzai Tantric Institute (Silicon
Valley), RCF (San Francisco, Marin County, and East Bay area), and
Pacific Meditation Society (Los Angeles). He told disciples to promote
their talks by postering universities. He told them to pay particular
attention to bulletin boards around engineering and computer science
departments. He told them to invite certain seekers to meditate with
him (at SUNY Purchase on the east coast and at a rented hall in
Oakland, California, on the west coast). It was no secret what type of
person Rama wanted to attract. Many of his posters found at
universities across America contain this message: "All workshops
designed for individuals 29 and under."

According to one disciple who left the group in 1993, Rama's recent,
indirect recruiting method attracted roughly four hundred new disciples.

When a group of disciples' parents--known as the "Ra