Lama Surya Das | |
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| Title | Lama |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1950 |
| Religion | Nyingma |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | State University of New York, Buffalo |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba Kalu Rinpoche Lama Thubten Yeshe Gyalwa Karmapa S.N. Goenka Anagarika Munindra |
| Based in | International Padmakara Translation Committee Dzogchen Foundation |
| Website | Dzogchen Foundation |
Lama Surya Das (born 1950), born Jeffrey Miller, is one of the first Westerners to have be named a lama and teacher of the Dzogchen tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. As both the famed author of the bestselling book Awakening the Buddha Within and founder of the Dzogchen Foundation, Surya Das is one of the more easily identifiable Buddhists currently teaching in the Western world. He has trained several American and European Buddhist teachers in the Dzogchen tradition and leads meditation retreats worldwide.
Biography
editSurya Das was born as Jeffrey Miller to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York in 1950.[1] Having graduated from the State University of New York, Buffalo in 1971, Miller traveled to India and Nepal where he met his first teacher Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba (a Hindu) who gave him the name Surya Das. Over the coming years he came to study in various ashrams and at retreats in the East under Tibetan Buddhist masters and Vipassana instructors, teachers like Kalu Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Gyalwa Karmapa, S.N. Goenka and Anagarika Munindra.[2] It was in 1980 that he became a member of a retreat center in Dordogne, France and undergoing two three and a half year retreats led by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche (both masters of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism). It was during this period that he became a lama in a non-sectarian movement of Tibetan Buddhism.[1]
Media
editBooks
edit- Surya Das (2007). Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0060747299.
- Surya Das (2007). The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries. Rodale Books. ISBN 978-1594862083.
- Surya Das (2007). Words of Wisdom. Koa Books. ISBN 978-0977333851.
- Surya Das (2005). Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection. Sounds True. ISBN 1591792835.
- Surya Das (2004). Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767908740.
- Surya Das (2001). Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection Into Every Part of Your Life. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767902777.
- Surya Das (1999). Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767902742.
- Surya Das (1998). Awakening the Buddha Within. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767901576. OCLC 39391873.
- Khenpo, Nyoshul (1995). Natural Great Perfection: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1559390492.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Surya Das (1992). The Snow Lion's Turquoise Mane: Wisdom Tales from Tibet. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0062508490. OCLC 25552090.
Audio
edit- Surya Das (2007). Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living. Sounds True. ISBN 978-1591795599. OCLC 104893494.
- Halpern, Steven (2000). Chants to Aawaken the Buddhist Heart. Open Channel Sound Co. OCLC 46989217.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Surya Das (2000). Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection Into Every Part of Your Life. BBD. ISBN 0553527576. OCLC 45466800.
- Surya Das (2000). Tibetan Dream Yoga. ISBN 156455743X. OCLC 44190272.
{{cite book}}: Text "Sounds True" ignored (help) - Surya Das (1999). Schlepping Towards Enlightenment. Hay House Audio. ISBN 1561706957. OCLC 43872168.
- Surya Das (1999). Natural Perfection. Sounhds True. ISBN 1564556808. OCLC 42322062.
- Surya Das (1997). Awakening the Buddha Within. Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio. ISBN 0553477900. OCLC 163586252.
- Surya Das (1995). Dzogchen: The Innate Great Perfection. Dzogchen Foundation. OCLC 43519760.
Video
edit- Surya Das (2006). Tibetan Energy Yoga. Sounds True. ISBN 1591792274.
- Surya Das (2000). Natural Meditation: An Ancient Tibetan Practice for Clearing the Mind and. Sounds True. ISBN 1564557545. OCLC 45084149.
Notes
editReferences
edit- Lumiere, Lynn Marie (2003). The Awakening West: Conversations with Today's New Western Spiritual Leaders. Fair Winds. ISBN 159233010X. OCLC 51194404.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Prebish, Charles S (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520216970. OCLC 39299808.
