On this episode of #WiseGirl, Lama Surya Das joins Francesca Marguerite Maxime for a wide-ranging conversation about meditation, mindfulness, how to really be "in" your life, and how to ride the waves of it without drowning.
LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST Ep. 61 – "The Natural Way"
What exactly is natural meditation practice? Lama Surya Das looks at how natural meditation differs from other Buddhist practices and discusses the unique characteristics of the meditation.
Hearing is just hearing, nothing to listen to or think about. Seeing is just seeing, it is just the process. It is naked experience, unmediated by thoughts and concepts, including ‘me’ and ‘mine.’ You see, those ideas are already becoming secondary, tertiary. We are moving further away from direct and unmediated experience. In the hearing,...
LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST Ep. 60 –
The Action of Non-Action
Whether it is a mantra, focusing on the breath or mindfulness practice, we are usually directly engaged in spiritual practice, in doing. Lama Surya Das looks at the View, a form of practice that instead emphasizes not doing, known as Wu wei in the Daoist philosophy.
The Middle Way includes action and inaction (non-action). We emphasize the View in this tradition more than the action, such as meditation.” – Lama Surya Das
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Ep. 59 – Perfection As It Is
Lama Surya Das is reunited with his old friend, Kelly Rego, for a conversation around seeing the perfection in all things, integrating our spiritual practice into daily life and understanding what lies beyond mindfulness.
It’s the innate great perfection, beyond duality such as good or bad – that’s personal, this is transpersonal. It’s transcendent and yet it’s imminent in everything, including the shadows. It has to be recognized that even shadows are nothing but light phenomena.”
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Ep. 58 – Mastering Fear
Lama Surya Das reacts to the growing trend of gun violence that we have seen in our society. He looks at how the inner work that we are doing in our spiritual practice directly addresses the root of this issue – fear.
“I think what we are doing here is very important in these times because gun control alone is not enough – we need to develop is self-control. Outer control is not enough, however we might try and legislate it, which is why inner-control, self-mastery, mindfulness, emotional intelligence and compassion is so important.”
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Ep. 57 – Deviations from the View
On this episode of the Awakening Now Podcast, Lama Surya Das looks at some unintentional deviations that we make from our spiritual practice as well as simple ways we can improve our daily practice.
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EP. 56 “Buddhas by Nature”
When we try and trace the source of what is arising during our meditation practice, what are we observing? Are we just looking outwardly, towards an object, or are we also including the subject who is observing? Lama Surya Das explores this question around the nature of objectivity and shares practices for shifting our perspective.
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May you know the boundless love radiating from the Divine,
the eternal living flame of Love present within your heart.
May you know freedom from pain and suffering
through the wisdom born of directly knowing the truth of who you are.
May you feel the living presence of the Divine within you as you, and know your senses to be messengers of the Divine presence.
May you live in harmony with yourself and bring peace, compassion, patience and kindness to all that you do.
May you know the unity of all within the body of the Divine and live with love for the earth and all her inhabitants.
May...
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Ep. 55 "The Middle Way: Life in Flow"
"There is Nirvanic peace in things left just as they are.” Lama Surya Das explores the philosophy of the middle way and the idea of existing in a state that is not resisting or pulling towards desire but in constant flow. From this state of flow, we are able to rest in naked awareness.
