Here is yet another selection of Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. This quote is from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche who I met in 1971. Who knew he would become such a driving force in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the west. You can almost fall in love with the universe, with the general situation. At […]
The Dalai Lama On Moral Ethics
October 20, 2012 by
Here is another awesome selection of Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. “The practice of moral ethics should be entirely voluntary and implemented on a personal level. I often tell Buddhists, when I’m teaching, unless you practice with sincerity, there is a risk of religion becoming a cover for hypocrisy. There are people who pay […]
Why Does Sit Happen?
September 30, 2012 by
At a gathering of some of Kobun Chino Roshi’s long-term students in Santa Cruz, CA, shortly before Kobun’s death, a student asked, “Kobun, why do we sit (meditate)?” He replied: “We sit to make life meaningful. The significance of our life is not experienced in striving to create some perfect thing. We must simply start […]
Equanimity
July 29, 2012 by
This is another quote from Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. The subject is upekkha or equanimity, which is one of the four brahma viharas or “immeasurable minds” or “sublime abodes” that lead to liberation. What are the other three brahma viharas? Metta or loving kindness, karuna or compassion, and mudita or […]
Give As Much As You Receive
July 2, 2012 by
Generosity is one of the cornerstones of living a happy life. It teaches you to give as much as you receive, if not more. Albert Einstein must have been enjoyed the wisdom of Buddhas when he said the following. Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not […]
Mind is the Source of Experience
June 12, 2012 by
Here is another quote from the Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience. – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Does this quote make sense to you? If you like […]
Meditation Practices Develop Wisdom
May 20, 2012 by
Here is another quote from the email list of Lama Surya Das. It appeared also on the Huffington Post and the theme of the posting was that meditation practices develop wisdom. When I was 13 years old, I had a bar mitzvah in my family Jewish tradition. About the only thing I remember from my […]
Lama Surya Das: Where Do You Live?
April 16, 2012 by
This quote is from Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. Enjoy! Most of us seem to live at a little distance from our body, or at best in our head. What we seek is right here; the problem is that we are usually elsewhere, distracted and dissociated, wandering mindlessly in the past […]
Lama Surya Das Speaks on Dzogchen
April 9, 2012 by
Lama Surya Das speaks on Dzogchen. He comes from the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and is an American from Brooklyn! He has been known to say, Dzogchen basically deals with the innate intelligence or intrinsic awareness which all beings possess. It means seeing non-dualistically rather than in the usual dualistic object-subject dichotomy. By definition, […]
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