One of the most learned and highly trained American-born lamas in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. He is a meditation teacher and author.
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 and not be driving with your eyes in the rearview mirror, wondering why there are all these ‘accidents.” – Lama Surya Das
