Lama Surya Das
@LamaSuryaDas
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One of the most highly trained American-born lamas in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition & author of many books including, “Awakening the Buddha Within.”
Lexington, MA
Joined April 2009
Zen master #Ikkyu of was once asked to write a distillation of highest wisdom. He wrote only one word: Attention. The visitor was displeased. “Is that all?” So Ikkyu obliged him, by writing two words: Attention. Attention #Ikkyu #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen
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“One moment of total awareness is one moment of freedom and enlightenment.”~Lama Surya Das #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Awareness #Awakening #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #NonDuality #Yoga #Buddhism #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Wellness #Healing #HowtoHeal #Dharma
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The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love. #MeisterEckhart 📸: Amy Kierstead #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin
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One need ask no more when the true nature is seen. #Naropa #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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Everybody talks about peace, but we cannot achieve external peace if we harbor anger or hate. #HisHoliness14thDalaiLama #DalaiLama #HHDL #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Healing #Wellness #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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Enjoy a #JollyLama joke with your #SuperBowl pizza on #InternationalPizzaDay: Q:What did the Dalai Lama say to the pizza vendor? A:Make me one with everything! Check out my book of the same title: #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin
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Thanks for joining #Meditation Town Hall! We’ll be back next Sunday at 11AM Join us! “Don’t let your mind bother you and don’t bother your mind.” ~Lama Surya Das #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin
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Do you have questions about the spiritual path you have yearned to contemplate together? Join us for FREE Virtual Meditation Town Hall Sunday at 11am EDT! #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry
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Enjoy this Saturday Silly from your #JollyLama
#LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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Do you have questions about the spiritual path you have yearned to contemplate together? Join us for FREE Virtual Meditation Town Hall Sunday at 11am EDT! #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry
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#AwakeningNowPodcast —Ep. 75 – Buddhas By Nature — #LamaSuryaDas explores the practice of #Dzogchen, the three higher trainings, & how we are all #Buddhas by nature. #Meditation #SelfInquiry #Mindfulness #Awareness #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Dharma
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You suffer. I suffer. Therefore we are friends. #SuzukiRoshi #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Awareness #Awakening #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #NonDuality #Yoga #Buddhism #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Wellness #Healing #HowtoHeal #Dharma
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Reality is not all it’s cracked up to be. ~Lama Surya Das #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #HowtoHeal
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Enjoy this Friday Funny from your #JollyLama
#LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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It takes some training to equate complete letting go w/comfort. But in fact, ‘nothing to hold on to’ is the root of happiness. There’s a sense of freedom when we accept we’re not in control. #PemaChödrön #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #Awareness #SelfInquiry
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Words of Wisdom from #HarukiMurakami
#LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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TBT - 2/10/2020, #BabaRamDass Memorial -“When a Lama dies, it’s as if the string has been cut on the mala & a Bodhi seed lands in the heart of everyone connected & devoted to him or her, from which a Bodhi tree can blossom within us.” ~Lama Surya Das #LamaSuryDas #RamDass
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In this present life, you can experience your enlightened essence & if you do that, you can, before passing away, attain the perfectly & fully awakened state of a buddha. #TulkuUrgyenRinpoche
#LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin
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“Rebirth is like grade school. If you don’t get it, you’ll be held back until you do.” ~Lama Surya Das #LamaSuryaDas #Dzogchen #Meditation #Mindfulness #SelfInquiry #NonDual #Buddhism #Healing #Wellness #Yoga #Dharma #AwakeningtheBuddhaWithin #Awareness
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