Quotes by : Lama Surya Das

It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact,....

With every breath, the old moment is lost; a new moment arrives. We exhale and we let go of the old moment.....

Taking the decision-making process away from people disempowers them. It also makes them much less likely....

Our sorrows provide us with the lessons we most need to learn.

It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa

Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go....

New karma is being made all the time. When one acts with a positive motivation, goodness is furthered.....

I believe that this is the time to become warriors for peace and dialogue, not warmongers or mere worriers.....

Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t....

To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or....