ma Mamas"--found
out about Rama's active quest for fresh material, they alerted the
press. Articles began to appear: The Santa Fe New Mexican,
"Controversial guru coming to Santa Fe", 3/24/92; Santa Fe Reporter,
"Computer Cult: Is the Leader Here?", 3/25/92; Heart Dance: The Bay
Area's Most Comprehensive Events Calendar for Contemporary Human
Awareness, Spirituality & Well-Being, Editorial: "RAMA? UH-OH",
4/1/92; The Daily Californian (UC Berkeley), "Zen master a fraud,
followers say", 6/26/92; San Francisco Chronicle, "Yuppie Guru Finds
Cash in Computers: Devotees pay $3,000 a month to sit at his feet",
7/30/92; The Philadelphia Inquirer, "As guru's disciples hit town,
critics cry beware: Truth and light, the followers promise. Fraud and
suffering, the watch group warns", 8/31/92; The Portland Oregonian, "Is
Brenda Barratt reading this? If so, phone home", 9/5/92; The Ramapo
News, "College Authorities Alerted of Cult Leader", 10/15/92; The
Hartford Courant, "Guru mixes money, mystique: Ex-followers say
students exploited", and "Traveling along the path toward enlightment",
10/18/92; The Wesleyan Argus, "Cult Recruits Students Via Meditation
Group", 10/30/92, and "Arguses Stolen", 11/3/92, and "Cult Faces
Obstacles Elsewhere; None at Wes", 11/6/92, and "Self-Discovery Club
Loses Group Status", 12/4/92, and "Wes Investigates Meditation Group's
Activities", 12/4/92; The Trinity Tripod, "Alleged Cult Sponsors
Workshops On Campus", 11/3/92, and "Meditation Workshops Exposed",
11/10/92; Peninsula Times Tribune, "Manipulative... or merely
meditative? Zen Master Rama faces serious charges", 11/7/92; Baltimore
City Paper, "Software Svengali: Yuppie Guru Frederick Lenz Wants You
For His Army Of Meditating Computer Programmers. Step #1: Bring Your
Purses And Wallets", 11/13/92; Yale Herald, "Meditation group accused
of cult recruiting", 11/13/92; Westchester Gannett Reporter Dispatch,
"ZEN and the ART of COMPUTER MAINTENANCE", and "Flim Flam Artist or
Hindu Deity?", 11/22/92; The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Insidious
Recruiting or Innocent Seminar? Colleges Police Meetings of So-Called
Cult: Meditation group forces administrators to confront questions
about student safety", 12/2/92; New Age Journal, "The Return of Rama",
1/1/93; Family Circle, "Do You Believe In Magic? New Light on the New
Age", 2/23/93; The Trenton Times, "Meditation or manipulation? Guru
called cult leader", and "Disciples carry Rama's word by