Lama Surya Das

Surya Das has spent more than three decades studying with the great spiritual masters of Asia, and is a leading spokesperson for Buddhism and contemporary spirituality. A poet, translator, and spiritual teacher, Surya Das leads meditation retreats and workshops worldwide. The founder and spiritual director of the Dzogchen Foundation, he is the author of several books, including the bestseller Awakening the Buddha Within. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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Buddhism

Buddha Standard Time

Awakening to the Infinite Possibilities of Now

Talking Points

Lama Surya Das is a renowned teacher who spends most of the time on the road teaching. Through his Dzochen Center, Surya speaks at about one hundred events a year ranging from 80-150 people at workshops, centers, and retreats to 800-1200 at conferences such as Esalen, and Omega. Surya has also been on The Colbert Report twice in the last two years.

Description

Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realizations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply. Buddhist wisdom teaches that the minutes and hours of our days do not simply march from future to present to past - looming, engulfing us, passing us by forever. Rather, each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness. Only by accessing that timeless dimension, the Buddha believed, can we learn to fully inhabit the Now.

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Buddhism

Buddha is as Buddha Does

The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living

Talking Points

Surya Das is one of the primary American Buddhist teachers. He is constantly teaching and speaking in front of thousands of people. He can speak about Buddhist essentials for both practitioners and none practitioners. His appeal is wide with his down to earth and accessible style for the modern reader.

Description

National bestselling author Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars, offers a thorough, tried-and-true map to the richest treasure a human being can find—the Buddha’s advice for living to your true potential.

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