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Chiron Publications' Book Spotlight for July
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Lama Surya Das, renowned spiritual guide and author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within, expresses his depth of understanding and highly nuanced humor in this collection of witty and inspired sayings.
A rich tapestry of insight gems and belly laughs, Words of Wisdom will leave you laughing, searching your soul, and asking for more. Each page contains a statement that focuses the reader’s attention on an essential concept. An ideal gift book & wisdom treasure for seekers of all faiths.
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Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist
meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of
Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the
emerging American Buddhism. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “The
Western Lama.”
Surya has spent over forty five years studying Zen, vipassana, yoga,
and Tibetan Buddhism with the great masters of Asia, including the Dalai
Lama’s own teachers, and has twice completed the traditional three year
meditation cloistered retreat at his teacher’s Tibetan monastery. He is
an authorized lama and lineage holder in the Nyingmapa School of
Tibetan Buddhism, and a close personal disciple of the leading grand
lamas of that tradition. He is the founder of the Dzogchen Center and
Foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its branch centers around
the country. Over the years, Surya has brought many Tibetan lamas to
this country to teach and start centers and retreats. As founder of the
Western Buddhist Teachers Network with the Dalai Lama, he regularly
helps organize its international Buddhist Teachers Conferences. He is
also active in interfaith dialogue and charitable projects in the Third
World. In recent years, Lama Surya has turned his efforts and focus
towards youth and contemplative education initiatives, what he calls
“True higher education and wisdom for life training.”
Surya Das has been featured in numerous publications and major media, including ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, New York Post, Long Island Newsday, Long Island Business Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, The Jewish Free Press, New Age Journal, Tricycle Magazine, Yoga Journal, The Oregonian, Science of Mind, and has been the subject of a seven minute magazine story on CNN. One segment of the ABC-TV sitcom Dharma & Greg was based on his life (“Leonard’s Return”). Surya has appeared on Politically Correct with Bill Maher, and twice on The Colbert Report. |
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