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- About Me by Lama Surya Das
Born Jeffrey Miller in New York in 1950, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from SUNY Buffalo - in 1971 with a degree in Creative Education. Between 1971 and 1976, I traveled
- throughout India and Nepal studying with various spiritual teachers. The Hindu teacher,
- Maharaj-ji (Neem Karoli Baba) gave me the name Surya Das. I lived and practiced in
- Tibetan monasteries under the guidance of Venerable Lama Thubten Yeshe, Venerable
- Kalu Rinpoche and His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa. Lived in Kyoto, Japan in 1973-74,
- teaching English and studying Zen & haiku. I lived in Woodstock, NY 1977-80,
- establishing Karmapa's monastery, Karma Triyana Dharma Chakra. Participated in
- dozens of Vipassana courses in the 1970's with S. N. Goenka, A. Munindra, and other
- Theravadin teachers. Was a founding board member of the world health service
- organization, SEVA Foundation.
In 1980, joined the first Nyingmapa retreat center in Dordogne, France where I - completed two traditional three and a half year retreats under the guidance of Dudjom
- Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, with Tulku Pema Wangyal and Nyoshul Khenpo
- Rinpoche. During this time, I became a lama in the Non-Sectarian Practice Lineage of
- Tibetan Buddhism.
I currently teach meditation retreats and workshops in Dzogchen, "the Innate Great - Perfection", as well as Vajrayana and Mahayana Buddhism. Each year, I conduct two
- dozen retreats in ten different countries.
I am the founder of the Dzogchen Foundation, based in Cambridge, MA. I am the author - of "The Snow Lion's Turquoise Mane: Wisdom Tales from Tibet"; author of "The Facts of
- Life From a Buddhist Perspective"; and coauthor (with Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche) of
- "The Natural Great Perfection: Spontaneous Songs and Dzogchen Teachings". They can
- be ordered from the Dzogchen Foundation, or from your bookstore. My book, "Awakening
- the Buddha Within" (Broadway Books) has been very well-received, and I am currently
- finishing a book, "Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch," to be
- released in Spring, 1999.
A member of the International Padmakara Translation Committee, I have been active - in translating, editing and publishing Buddhist books and scriptures for many years. I
- also publish poetry, articles and essays. I am the organizer of the Western Buddhist
- Teachers Network and its Teacher's Conferences with the Dalai Lama in
Dharamsala, India.
- Awakening to the Sacred: Passages
- http://www.surya.org/passages.html
- America the Buddhaful
- http://www.dzogchen.org/essays/buddhaful.html
- Crazy Wisdom and Tibetan Teaching Tales Told by Lamas
- http://www.dzogchen.org/essays/crazyw.html
- A Male Prophesy: We are not what WE think we are
- http://www.dzogchen.org/essays/male.html
- Dharma Talks 1994-1995
- http://www.dzogchen.org/talks/#fol
- Poems and Haiku
- http://www.dzogchen.org/poems/index.html
- Teaching Tales (New and Unpublished)
- http://www.dzogchen.org/newtales/index.html
Real Audio Selections- Awakening the Buddha
Within
This radical, compelling, yet simple message of looking within, not
without, for liberation and attainment of mindful compassionate living
begins with this excerpt describing the beginnings of the Lama's own path
- the events that led him to seek truth in a world of confusion. - http://www.surya.org/listen_buddha_within.html
[Click to listen in RealAudio]
- From the CD Lama Surya Das: Chants
- The Heart Sutra and Gaté Mantra
This excerpt illustrates that all Buddhas past, present and future attain complete - Nirvana. This chant is the great mantra, the wisdom mantra, the unsurpassed mantra.
Its words: "Gaté, gaté, păragaté, părasamagaté, bodhisvăhă!"
http://www.surya.org/listen_gate.html [Click to listen in RealAudio]
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Natural Perfection
Recorded live before an enraptured audience, Lama Surya Das enlightens
his listeners to the possibilities of attaining the ultimate natural perfection: - Dzogchen. Why? "Because Dzogchen takes the struggle out of meditation,"
- explains Surya.
http://www.surya.org/listen_natural.html [Click to listen in RealAudio]
- Lama Surya Das; Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch
- (Hardbound)
- Lama Surya Das; Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment.
- (Hardbound, but worth having)
- Lama Surya Das; Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World ,
- (Paperback)
- Lama Surya Das; Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
- (Book on tape)
- Lama Surya Das; Snow Lion's Turuqoise Mane: Wisdom Tales from Tibet
- Lama Surya Das, editor; Natural Great Perfection: Teachings and Vajra Songs
- Lama Suya Das http://www.surya.org
- Dzogchen Foundation
- http://www.dzogchen.org/
- Surya Das' Dzogchen page
- http://www.dzogchen.org/surya/
- Spiritwalk's Tibetan Buddhism Traditions Page
- Check out these Spiritwalk Selections of the Month pages
- July 1998 [Awakening the Buddha Within]
- November 1999 [Awakening to the Sacred]
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