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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: After finishing this book I said outloud, "What a stupid book!" If indeed the author had these experiences, he could have elaborated so much more and changed the dialogue a bit. The dialogue is one of a "hey, dude...like da." He uses so many cliches and is extremely unoriginal. The only good parts were the exerpts he included from an enlightenment handbook...some good meditaion techniques. The rest of the book was ....
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: After finishing this book I said outloud, "What a stupid book!" If indeed the author had these experiences, he could have elaborated so much more and changed the dialogue a bit. The dialogue is one of a "hey, dude...like da." He uses so many cliches and is extremely unoriginal. The only good parts were the exerpts he included from an enlightenment handbook...some good meditaion techniques. The rest of the book was ....
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Summary: The author has inspired this senior citizen to snowboard!
Review: After reading Snowboarding to Nirvana, by Dr. Lenz, I was inspired to take up snowboarding. As a retired professor of theology and eastern religions it has been my career to explain Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism to western students. This is not an easy task! Dr. Lenz has written his book in such a style to make it easy for our youth to understand these ancient religions.
Now that I am retired, I spend a great deal of my time travelling. Since I am always looking for new ways to enhance my studies of self-discovery I have taken up the sport of snowboarding! Much credit to these books for recommending such an exhilirating and life changing sport!
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Summary: controversial but enlightening
Review: After reading the first few pages of Snowboarding to Nirvana, I pledged to myself to only read it on the toilet. So I flipped through it as I sat and read various stages in the silly and predictable plot. My girlfriend and I would often read to each other delightfully amusing segments, laughing at the terrible prose which is the worst I've read since high school english. I was amazed at the writer's complete inability to tell a story. Take, for example, the first chapter. The book opens with an exciting snowboard run down a steep Himalian Mountain. Such a chapter could be bristling with description: the sting of the cold air on your face, the crush of snow under the board as the rider shifts weight from one edge to another. Instead, Lentz gives what amounts to a synopsis, a simple "I boarded down the hill," and his idea of a flourish: "It was good." This aparent laziness of writing continues with his simplifications of buddhist teachings and ridiculous dialogue, a good example being when the Narrator keeps asking Master Fwap questions such as "that's great, but can you give me an example that fits into my own experiences?" Who really says that? Nobody. Trendy allusions to "extreme" sports and an outdated cover photo may be enough to sell it at the Wal Mart, but I though this book was good for little more than a few chuckles.
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Summary: Am I the only one who thought this book was terrible?
Review: After reading the first few pages of Snowboarding to Nirvana, I pledged to myself to only read it on the toilet. So I flipped through it as I sat and read various stages in the silly and predictable plot. My girlfriend and I would often read to each other delightfully amusing segments, laughing at the terrible prose which is the worst I've read since high school english. I was amazed at the writer's complete inability to tell a story. Take, for example, the first chapter. The book opens with an exciting snowboard run down a steep Himalian Mountain. Such a chapter could be bristling with description: the sting of the cold air on your face, the crush of snow under the board as the rider shifts weight from one edge to another. Instead, Lentz gives what amounts to a synopsis, a simple "I boarded down the hill," and his idea of a flourish: "It was good." This aparent laziness of writing continues with his simplifications of buddhist teachings and ridiculous dialogue, a good example being when the Narrator keeps asking Master Fwap questions such as "that's great, but can you give me an example that fits into my own experiences?" Who really says that? Nobody. Trendy allusions to "extreme" sports and an outdated cover photo may be enough to sell it at the Wal Mart, but I though this book was good for little more than a few chuckles.
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Summary: This is the "real thing"
Review: Fans of Surfing the Himalayas will love Snowboarding to Nirvana. Those who disagree with the alternative spirituality world view (once called New Age) in general will probably also disagree with this book. They may, however, recognize it as the real thing, the work of a key figure in the alternative spirituality tradition."
- Dr. Massimo Introvigne
Director
CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions)
Torino, Italy
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Summary: Surfer Guru Dies By His Own Hand
Review: I couldn't wait to read Snowboarding to Nirv once I learned of its existence, after having finished Surfing the Himalayas. The sequel really takes off after Surfing. Where the protagonist leaves off from last time, after studying the mysterious link between Buddhism and the art of snowboarding under the illustrious Master Fwap Sam-Dup, he meets the crazy Oracle (another Enlightened One and good buddy of Master Fwap). Under their watchful eye, he becomes acquainted with a Danish blonde bombshell named Nadia, whom--- surprise, surprise - has been studying Buddhist theory and quantum mathematics for a number of years. After some mind blowing tantric sex with Nadia, she disappears suddenly and he blows off some angst by zipping back and forth between Santa Monica and the Himalayas. Finally he settles down to solve the "riddle of the missing dimensions." With the Oracle's and Master Fwap's help, he performs interdimensional astral travel. Several mini-sections are actually instructional booklets on techniques of meditation and the Buddhist way. Check it out yourself. If you like it that much, it also comes in audiocassette form and you can supplement your enjoyment of this book by looking up Frederick Lenz's accompanying music albums (Ecologie, Surfing the Himalayas, Canyons of Light, Enlightenment, and Cayman Blue) by his band, Zazen. I sure hope Frederick Lenz was right about everything he said in his books (including one semi-documentary of various accounts of reincarnation).
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Summary: Coelho books a lot better buy!
Review: I found the book to be ok.Ok read! I'm a neuro linguistic programmer! I've read Paulo Coelho and Robert Pirsig and Carlos Castaneda. This is an ok read for people who want to feed this person's ego! I saw his website of course. I saw the dateline news expose on Mr. Frederick Lenz. I'm also a computer engineer, trainer and partner for a real estate company, Homeowners Concept. You're better off reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho! I will read another book, I wasted my cash on this one. Anyone want to buy my copy! I'm not impressed by people who think too much! He thought too much and ingested a lot because he was afraid of to LOVE. Ooooh Rahhhh!
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Summary: I loved the book.
Review: I loved the book. It was a quick and easy read, smooth plot, interesting characters, and timeless theme. I have since bought Surfing the Himalayas to check out Dr. Lenz's first novel. Thank you for the opportunity to read this great book.
Jack Copeland
Ski & Snowboard School Director
Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort
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Summary: controversial but enlightening
Review: In this sequel to his earlier work Surfing the Himalayas, controversial spiritual teacher Frederick Lenz explores further Buddhist adventures with Master Fwap. As you may recall, in the earlier work the protagonist surfed into Master Fwap on a Himalayan mountain and was introduced to the basics of Buddhism as a result. This book continues that instruction but also adds specific meditation techniques (Dr. Lenz says this book offers everything you need to attain enlightenment), a new character called the Oracle (who serves a bit like don Genaro in the Castaneda books), the search for the missing dimensions, and the wonders of Tantric sex with Nadia (shortly after this book came out a number of Dr. Lenz' women students courageously posed bare-breasted and nude on a web site devoted to Tantric sex). Although everything Dr. Lenz did tended to be controversial (including his death under somewhat mysterious circumstances not long after this book was published), reading this book was a very high, intense experience for me. Focus on the Light, and not on the controversy, and I think you'll find that Dr. Lenz doesn't disappoint. I highly recommend his books.
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