Surya Das touches on the natural and relaxed qualities of Dzogchen meditation, and answers questions on a variety of topics including decision making, balancing the meditative and contemplative mind, emptiness within awareness, sky gazing, and awareness-based meditation. For more details feel free to visit: http://teachingwhatweneedtolearn.com/158/lama-surya-das/

Lama Surya Das - Awakening Now - Ep. 26 - Effortless Effort

Surya Das is joined by fellow MindPod natives, Raghu Markus and Kelly Rego, for a lighthearted discussion about the growing relationship between Western culture and the higher powers that have influenced previous generations. The perceived increase in altruistic sentiment among modern youth is highlighted as evidence for a rapidly evolving cultural consciousness. Other topics include the role and value of service, noble solitude, and the current state of political engagement. For more details feel free to visit: http://lamasuryadasmarried.weebly.com/

Lama Surya Das Awakening Now - Ep. 25 - America The Buddhaful

Uninhibited and inexhaustible, like the ocean’s waves, leave it as it is. There is no ‘self’ for your self-improvement project, but there is room for just being. Through practice we develop the skillful means necessary to both recognize and reside within the illusion, relative and ultimate truth being woven into each passing moment. Of course we can strive to make the world a better place, but we must also balance our ambition with the ease of understanding that we don’t always have to fix everything. Question and answer topics include releasing control, and the cultivation and evolution of the meditation practice. For more details feel free to visit: https://lamasuryadivorce.wordpress.com/tag/lama-surya-das-married/

Lama Surya Das Awakening Now - Ep. 24 - Leave It As It Is

“Our own body is like the Sangha, our energy the Dharma, and our heart-mind the Buddha”

Surya Das reminds us that to rest in the empty and luminous nature of mind is to practice the ultimate form of refuge. We are all Buddhas by nature, but we must recognize this fact before we can embody it. Equanimity is revealed in balancing the absolute, the emptiness, and the mystery with the relative causation of karma and compassionate action. To not get lost in the illusion of expectation is to walk the path toward freedom. For more details feel free to visit: https://lamasuryadivorce.wordpress.com/tag/lama-surya-das-married/


Lama Surya Das Awakening Now - Ep.28 - Reliable Refuge

Surya Das is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist and author of many popular works on Buddhism; a meditation teacher and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West.  For more details visit here - http://lamasuryadasmarried.wordpress.com/

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