What we seek, we are. We are all Buddhas by nature, temporarily obscured by adventitious emotions and illusions. We only have to awaken to that fact. All that we seek is available within. And not just within ourselves but within each other, each relationship, and encounter, each moment. Let’s exploit our own innate natural resources for a change, and give our exterior resources a rest. This would truly be Mindful Environmentalism and planetary stewardship. This world is my body, all beings my heart-mind.
"The foolish man looks for happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." James Oppenheim
About Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars. He has spent nearly forty years studying Zen, Vipassana, Yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with the great old masters of Asia. He is the author of the best-seller "Awakening the Buddha Within" and a dozen other books, a spokesperson for American Buddhism, the founder of the Dzogchen Center, and is affectionately called "The American Lama" by the Dalai Lama.
Today, Lama Surya Das lectures, teaches and leads meditation retreats throughout the world. For more information about attending a retreat or a public event appearance please visit www.surya.org.
You can submit questions to Lama Surya Das via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter. Submit to Facebook by commenting on the Ask the Lama post, submit through Tumblr by clicking on the Ask the Lama tab, and submit via Twitter by sending a tweet to @LamaSuryaDas and including the AskTheLama.
"The foolish man looks for happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." James Oppenheim
About Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars. He has spent nearly forty years studying Zen, Vipassana, Yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with the great old masters of Asia. He is the author of the best-seller "Awakening the Buddha Within" and a dozen other books, a spokesperson for American Buddhism, the founder of the Dzogchen Center, and is affectionately called "The American Lama" by the Dalai Lama.
Today, Lama Surya Das lectures, teaches and leads meditation retreats throughout the world. For more information about attending a retreat or a public event appearance please visit www.surya.org.
You can submit questions to Lama Surya Das via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter. Submit to Facebook by commenting on the Ask the Lama post, submit through Tumblr by clicking on the Ask the Lama tab, and submit via Twitter by sending a tweet to @LamaSuryaDas and including the AskTheLama.
