Lama Surya Das Audio & Video

Everyone needs to feel connected, to love and feel loved, to reach out to others and communicate in order to overcome alienation, loneliness, and...

Of all the Buddha's teachings, perhaps his greatest gift can be found in "the Bodhisattva ideal," a template for living in the world as an "Awakener," a servant of the highest good for all.

Lama Surya Das talks about Buddha is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living.

Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realizations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply....

After nearly thirty years studying Zen, vipassana, yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with many of the great old masters of Asia, Lama Surya Das is considered one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars alive today. The author of the best-selling Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya also teaches, lectures, and conducts dozens of meditation retreats and workshops around the world each year.

In "Buddha Is as Buddha Does", national bestselling author Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers, offers a thorough, tried-and-true map to the richest treasure a human being can find--Buddha's advice for living to your true potential.

With his book Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das emerged as a leading figure in American Buddhism.

With his previous bestsellers, including Awakening the Buddha Within (Broadway Books, 1998), Lama Surya Das has taught millions about the innate wakefulness and liberation that are our essential way of being.

In this lively conversation, Surya Das recounts his own personal story on the spiritual path, from seeking to realizing, with all the trials and tribulations inherent in that journey without goal.

Lama Durya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within, has spent almost 30 years studying Zen and Tibetan Buddhism with masters in Asia, and on these two tapes, he emphasizes the accessibility of a distinctly Western form of Buddhism.