![]() He brought many Tibetan lamas to teach and reside in the United States and continues to do so. According to the foundation, Dzogchen introduces and unveils the "innate spiritual intelligence or intrinsic awakefulness" in practitioners, with Surya Das stating, "It is the and perfect nature of all things." In 1991 Surya Das returned from his two decades in Tibetan monasteries and retreats to establish the Dzogchen Foundation and Centers to help further the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. His most recent best selling book is Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living. ![]() He has appeared as a special guest on Bill Maher's TV program, Politically Incorrect and on the Comedy Central television show, The Colbert Report. In 1977 he helped establish Gyalwa Karmapa's KTD Monastery on a mountaintop overlooking Woodstock, New York. One episode of the popular ABC TV sitcom Dharma and Greg, called "Leonard's Return," was loosely based on his life and return to America. He is often called upon as a Buddhist spokesman by the media and has appeared frequently on TV and radio. Surya Das travels, teaches and leads meditation retreats throughout the world. He also founded the Western Buddhist Teachers Network. That included organizing several weeklong International Buddhist Teachers Conferences with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, and America. He has worked with the Dalai Lama since the early 1990s on a variety of projects. At the center he completed two Dzogchen three and a half year retreats under the guidance of Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Surya Das attended the first Nyingmapa retreat center in Dordogne, France in 1980. He resided at the newly established Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, New York from 1977–80. ĭuring his travels in India and Nepal, Das studied with Tibetan Buddhist Lamas Thubten Yeshe, Kalu Rinpoche, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Tulku Urgyen, Thrangu Rinpoche, Dezhung Rinpoche, and Kangyur Rinpoche. In 19, he lived in Kyoto, Japan, where he taught English and studied Zen Buddhism under Uchiyama Roshi. He was given the name Surya by Neem Karoli Baba 1972. Goenka and Anagarika Munindra, of the Theravadin tradition. There he studied Hinduism with Neem Karoli Baba as well as Vipassana in the 1970s, with S. Early studies Īfter his best friend's girlfriend, Allison Krause was killed during the Kent State shootings, Surya Das began pursuing spirituality. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating with honors in 1971, with a degree in Creative Education. He is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling "Awakening the Buddha Within".Surya Das was born Jeffrey Miller and raised in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York. He is one of the most learned and highly trained American-born lamas in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. Lama Surya Das is an author, meditation teacher, poet, and founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A collection of We-meditations for co-meditation and inter-being.An invitation to discover and articulate our own practice slogans.33 Byte-Sized Buddhas, Lama Surya’s own aphorisms or LittleBig Buddha nuggets. ![]() 59 classic and potent slogans of Atisha – leading Indian holy man of ancient Tibet.Lama Surya introduces us to timeless Buddhist practices for awakening supported by:.We retool and refine our habitual ways of thinking and bring out the heart and soul of meditation, aligning ourselves and our bodies with the cosmic breath, love, and the music of the universe - opening portals to our oneness with nature, with others, and with our deepest, higher power. In "Make Me One With Everything", we discover insights, meditations, and practices that inspire our heart-mind awakening, together. ![]() This is the path of the renowned, one-taste of tantric Mahamudra and Dzogchen, the natural Great Perfection, the ultimate perspective, the wings of the divine mind and warm heart, the big picture.įrom me to we is our sacred journey. In "Make Me One With Everything: Buddhist Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of Separation", Lama Surya Das guides us along a simple, well-traveled path, pointing the way for seeing through the illusion of separateness and experiencing a sense of wholeness, belonging and meaningful purpose. Let’s Awaken Now! Why wait? Oneness is our birthright. Who does not feel stressed and even alienated and doubtful in this uncertain, fragmented world? Recognizing our universality and interconnectedness, our inter-being, is healing – a great relief as well!
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