In the Media

Segment 2 of "Let's Talk About Love"

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  Mindful Anger Management and the 6 Rs of Intentional Responsiveness  We live in a violent, strife-filled era. Even Buddhist monks are prey to intolerance, nationalism and violence.  Terror and fear surround us. This provokes all kinds of difficult feelings and emotions, especially anger and hatred. Yet it's not what happens to us but what we make of it that actually makes all the difference. Just because the wind is blowing doesn't mean we have to be blown away by it, or even driven helplessly in that direction; we can certainly learn how to understand the situation better and even...

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Rimay Monlam 2013 ~ A Tibetan Buddhist Peace Prayer Gathering ~ May 31-June 3, 2013 The Garrison Institute,  Garrison, NY Good Karma, Non-profit Event Welcoming All Practitioners With the Blessings & Good Wishes of His Holiness the Dalai Lama        

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“Awakening the Buddha Within” (an interview with Lama Surya Das) Science of Mind Magazine by David Goldberg February, 2013 (reprinted with permission) As a seventeen-year-old right out of high school, I had the chance to travel around the world with the international musical group “Up with People.” The finale of our two hour show was “Moon Rider,” a song based on the thoughts of astronaut Eugene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17and the last man to walk on the moon, as he looked back at the Earth. One of the lines from that song is “I see the world without any borders; without...

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Happy New Year Dear Friends, As we lay to rest a turbulent, challenging 2012 and approach the new beginning of 2013, let us all take a moment to focus on bringing forth a more peaceful and compassionate year. With that in mind, I'd like to share with you my latest  article, An American Lama's Thought on Prayer, in the Huffington Post, and my contribution to Tricycle Magazine's article, Buddhist Teachers Respond to the Newtown Tragedy. With love, blessings, and best wishes for an enlightening 2013, Lama Surya Das

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Recently, in response to an inquiry submitted to my "Ask The Lama" blog regarding the Diamond Mountain University and Retreat Center tragedy, the answer I posted received such overwhelming feedback that  I decided to add it to my Huffington Post blog--  "Spiritual Responsibility and Cult Awareness" . Twenty years ago, when there was quite a bit of troubling public news concerning dangerous cults among spiritual groups, I co-authored a white paper called "Spiritual Responsibility" with my Boston neighbor, cult deprogramming expert Steve Hassan. At that time the guru Bhagvan Rajneesh was deported...

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  Lama Surya Das from Steve Nobel on Vimeo.

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Lama Surya Das on humor, contemplative education, technology, and the secrets of Tibetan mindfulness By Danny Fisher originally printed by Shambala Sun A dyed-in-the-wool East Coast guy, Lama Surya Das — Tibetan Buddhist teacher; founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, MA; and author of such bestselling books as Awakening the Buddha Within and Buddha Standard Time – will be making the trek way out west next month for a special mini-workshop at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. “The Secrets of Tibetan Mindfulness: Remembering to Remember,” to be held March 17 (tickets are still...

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