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Sleep4Performance Radio Interview It was a pleasure to explore the benefits of Tibetan Dream Yoga with Dr. Ian Dunican of Sleep4Performance. Dr. Dunican is an expert in the field of sleep and performance, focusing on elite athletes. He is based in Perth, Western Australia.

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LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST- EP 63 "Awareness Itself" Lama Surya Das reflects on the nature of natural meditation, an everyday practice dedicated to seeing directly what is arising in the moment.  From the view comes the meditation of non-mediation, seeing it as it is. Then comes the natural action or conduct; proactive Buddha activity in response to needs and conditions, not reactive karmic activity.” – Lama Surya Das

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Lama Surya's Awakening Now Podcast- EP 62  "Life is the Practice" with Francesca Maxime Lama Surya Das is joined by Francesca Maxime for a conversation about the compassion, wisdom and equanimity that comes when we turn our life into our practice and begin to connect with our true selves.

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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.

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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,...

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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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Lama Surya and Philip Goldberg, co-host of  Spirit Matters Podcast, discuss a wide range of topics related to Buddhism and today’s spiritual landscape.

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LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST 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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LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST 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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LAMA SURYA’S AWAKENING NOW PODCAST 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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