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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.

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.

The dream state known as Fourth Time in the secret spiritual teachings of ancient Tibet is a malleable realm where the past, present, and future melt into one another.

A recent New York Times/NBC poll found that over 23% of Americans practice yoga, meditation, or some form of stress reduction every day.

In this wide-ranging discussion of the obstacles and opportunities of bringing a new religion into a culture-in this case, Buddhism into America-Surya Das covers a multitude of critical issues, issues that confront not merely Buddhism but spirituality in general as it encounters the modern and postmodern world.