Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
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If you dropped the Buddha into a modern metropolis, would he come off sounding like a 16th-century morality play or more like a drive-time disc jockey? Lama Surya Das doesn't spin platters for a living, but he does have a hip delivery that belies his years of sheltered training in Buddhist monasteries. In Awakening the Buddha Within, he borrows a time-tested bestseller format for a 2,500-year-old tradition that comes off as anything but ancient. With the "Five T's of Concentration," the question of "need or greed," and the story of the monk who bares his backside to prove a point, Surya Das invokes a path of wisdom that is as accessible and down-to-earth as a worn pair of loafers. It's not an easy path--it demands thought, effort, and discipline. But Surya Das is there for you, lighting the way to wisdom training, coaxing you into ethics training, and laying out step by step the path of meditation training. And if that's not enough to get you to live in the now, consider these words of the enlightened lama: "You must be present to win." --Brian Bruya
Added on: Tuesday, July 11 2006
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Tibetan Buddhism for the West
Lama Surya Das is from New York State, of Jewish ancestry. He has studied Tibetan Buddhism for many years and in several lineages. This book is a non-sectarian approach to Dharma in general and the elusive Dzogchen tradition in particular. This book made a great impact on me. It is at times funny, always honest, never narrow minded, and quite practical in its approach. It is riddled with stories and anecdotes thatillustrates and actualizes the teachings.
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This is a book that I have read it over the course of several years and have gone back again and again. Also presented it to a few friends. The writer does a great job to engage and enlighten his reader. As you start this book, you wonder how much you can learn from the Lama. I have started his “The buddhist heart…” another great read.