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Inter-meditation: Let Death be your Guru - an interview with CJ Liu CJ Liu interviews Lama Surya Das on the chapter in his book on Death and Dying and the Lojong practice. Find out why the Buddha said that death was his teacher. What is inter-meditation? How is it different than closed eye solitary meditation on the cushion? What are misunderstandings we have about equanimity? What is the middle path between nihilism and obsession with the material? How can you comfort someone who is terminal? Lama Surya Das outlines the structure of the Tonglen practice.

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LAMA SURYA’S “AWAKENING NOW” PODCAST – EP. 71- Paul Samuel Dolman Lama Surya Das is joined by Paul Samuel Dolman for a chat that touches on the importance of remembering our true natures, bringing awareness to social action, and learning to love the world by starting with ourselves. “My mind is crazy like all minds are, my egoic mind will run wild. If I just bring it home with meditation, I ground myself and remember that I am an infinite being. I need constant reminding.” – Paul Samuel Dolman 

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LAMA SURYA’S “AWAKENING NOW” PODCAST – EP. 70 “Caught Up in the Trees” Lama Surya Das explores the ways in which our egos allow our innate and limitless awareness to get caught up in the trees of our desires and fears. “This is the bigger picture. Not getting caught up in the trees, but glimpsing the whole forest at once. Not being lost in the trees, but also having the bigger picture in mind as we negotiate relative decisions and turnings amidst the alleys and byways of skyscrapers – the big forest.” – Lama Surya Das

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Lama Surya’s “Awakening Now” Podcast – Ep. 69 "Clear Light and The View" How can our practice loosen up our fixed perspective of “I” relating to “it?” Lama Surya Das introduces the Clear Light practices of the Dzogchen Buddhist tradition that addresses this question of identity. This Clear Light practice is part of the six yogas of Naropa and the chenpo practice that leads directly into the tantra mahamudra in dzogchen. Letting go and letting Buddha breathe through you – or even better – just allow thinking to proceed unhindered, in the bigger context of awareness.” – Lama...

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Lama Surya’s “Awakening Now” Podcast - Ep. 68 – The Buddha in Your Backyard with CJ Liu Radio host CJ Liu joins Lama Surya Das for a conversation about how we can get in touch with our inner Buddha nature when we are distressed or overwhelmed with the suffering and injustice in the world. “We need to listen to each other because we are talking to each other and not listening. This person says this and the other person is not listening to what the other person is saying, they are taking a little fragment of that and going off in some other direction. You are not listening because your...

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Lama Surya's "Awakening Now" Podcast- Ep. 67 – The Heart Sutra This week on the Awakening Now Podcast, Lama Surya Das explores the wisdom of the Heart Sutra and the clear view of Prajñaparamita. Gate gate paragate parasaṃgate bodhi svaha | Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond, Enlightenment hail!” – Prajñaparamita Mantra, The Heart Sutra

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Lama Surya Das – Ep. 66 "Sleep and Meditation with Dr. Ian Dunican" Sleep expert Dr. Ian Dunican joins Lama Surya Das for a discussion about ways that meditation practice can improve our quality of sleep. “We are going to start looking at the positive benefits of meditation and sleep because many people report these benefits, but they have not been studied in this applied setting of the retreat.” – Dr. Ian Dunican  

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LAMA SURYA & KRISHNA DAS ON KARMA Lama Surya Das joins Krishna Das and the two discuss questions about the ripening of karma and mindfulness along the spiritual path. “There are all kinds of karmas and all kinds of ripenings. Karma really means conditioning or habituation, it’s like a habit – it depends on many conditions. I think this may not be too useful to intellectualize too much. It is hard to understand, except that like produces like, but you should check it out for yourself and see if this is not the case; so that you can have your hand on the steering wheel of your life...

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LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST- EP 65 “Panoramic View" In this episode of "Awakening Now" we look at the way in which panoramic awareness allows us to act as one with our karma, instead of fighting against it. “Panoramic awareness, higher seeing; aware of whatever arises in the field, not narrowing it down to one-pointed concentration on an object of attention like a candle flame, the breath or mantra. Panoramic awareness is open, luminous, all inclusive; the bigger frame that includes all the objects of the six senses in this incandescent presence.” – Lama Surya Das

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Lama Surya Das at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreats Bahamas, December 2017 Lama Surya Das discusses unity in diversity, and finding the "one" in the "many." This helps us to see others in ourselves, contributing to a peaceful existence. He also shares stories about renowned spiritual guru Neem Karoli Baba and his first-hand experiences.  

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