Meditation


Taking Refuge in the Dharma

25 Apr 2022 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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"Om Shanti, Shanti, Peace. …It’s good to find refuge, something to rely on, solace, beyond this saha world, so tenuous, so bubbly, so fickle, like a dewdrop. Finding something reliable. In Buddhism we call it ‘taking refuge’, finding a port in the storm of samsara, of confusion and delusion. Something to rely on – the higher power, the inner power.  We have our higher power in Buddhism too – don’t think we don’t – Awareness – with a capital A+. Awareness, cosmic consciousness, beyond mere thoughts. We can find this within.  Just Being.  Peace.  Harmony.  Inclusiveness. ...



05 Feb 2018 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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Lama Surya's AWAKENING NOW Podcast 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.



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01 Sep 2016 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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A Soto Zen Chant to Welcome 2016

29 Dec 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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    May all awakening beings extend with true compassion their luminous mirrorlike wisdom. May the merit and virtue of these considerations  of the bodhisattvas, both of the words herein and in the readers' hearts,  be extended to all beings, that all may find their unique, sparkling place  in the awakening; and may the practice of awakening go on endlessly.   Happy New Year!                   



Three Stages of Meditation

15 Oct 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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A meditation session can generally be thought of as having three stages: * Stage One– Arriving and Centering: Find a comfortable position and balance-begin to let go- relax and grip less tightly to your thoughts. Try to become more attentive, conscious, and mindful of your breathing *Stage Two–Intensifying and Focusing:... Focus more closely on your inhalation and exhalation. Try to let the scattered thoughts that pop into your head disappear into your breathing. With each thought interruption try to refocus on the simplicity of just breathing; remaining free and untangled. *Stage...



Co-Meditating

13 Jul 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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After spending several days with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai in Atlanta, a few years ago,  this way of meditating on Him and with Him simply came to me and I eventually wrote it down. May it be beneficial!     CO-MEDITATING  WITH  THE  DALAI  LAMA 1) Think clearly of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (looking up to Him) 2) Visualize and image-in Him right before you & with you, eye-to-eye, heart to heart, And/or look at His picture 3) Remember the splendid Guru-Lama (and his enlightened qualities) As the Compassionate Buddha and his pure, clear, warm and simply loving presence 4)...



My Metta Practice

29 Jun 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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As I travel on book tour around the country this month my meditation practice is challenging, but oh so necessary. I thought I’d share with you my metta practice. Metta (maitri) is the practice of loving-kindness meditation and friendliness taught by the Buddha approximately 2,600 years ago.  It is an important component of the Buddhist wisdom teachings and their daily practice as applied in life.  I have taken the basic sacred phrases from the Metta Sutra (Loving-kindness Scripture) and added many of my own over the years as they come up for me in my own prayer and chant life; you are welcome...



Co-Meditate with Me in June!

01 Jun 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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A Meditative Moment

06 Feb 2015 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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Try a little silence...stop. Be still. Remain silent. Meditators should be seen, not heard. Shhhh. Still all the senses. Let everything be. Let go, and let it all come to you. Relax. Being is in; doing is out. Do nothing. For a moment just be. Silence is golden. Enjoy it.



The Essence of Awakening

25 Jan 2014 |  Posted by Surya Das |  0 Comment.
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As a young child playing hide and seek outside, with my cousins and siblings, in both Brooklyn and suburban Long Island, I learned an early meditation lesson: the more I stopped, and simply tuned in and sensed, directly, in the immediacy of the moment--the more focused and still I got, in body and mind-- the more I saw and could see. And when I was clearer, everything became clearer. This was my youthful introduction to the harmony and oneness available via a heightened, wakeful, present awareness. I can almost see now how mind-reading works, when you utterly still your own body & mind, breath...