In this comprehensive book, Lama Surya Das provides a bridge between East and West, past, present and future, making sacred and profound Tibetan teachings clear and easily accessible for anyone who wants to lead a more enlightened and sane life.

Utilizing the unique Buddhist guidelines embodied in the Noble Eight Fold Path and the traditional Three Enlightenment Trainings of Virtue, Meditation and Wisdom, he elucidates the tried and true path of spiritual transformation - including key principles such as karma, rebirth and mind-training, as well as the highest, most secret teaching of Tibet, Dzogchen. In this wonderful marriage of the practical and the profound, Lama Surya Das reveals how sacred wisdom can be integrated into our busy lives. He offers a unique approach to the comprehensive wisdom of ancient Tibetan teachings on conscious living and dying and shows that the power of the Buddha is resting within us all.

Drawing on Buddhist spirituality and wisdom, this is a view of the world written for Western seekers.

Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American Lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the first definitive book of Western Buddhism from the ground up, combining wisdom and practical teaching for the modern-day spiritual seeker.

About the Author
A voice of clarity in difficult times, Surya Das offers timeless wisdom in a message of hope that is helpful for us today and tomorrow. A lama in the Dzogchen lineage of Tibet, Surya Das is a sought-after spiritual teacher and meditation master, poet and spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhist movement. Founder of the Dzogchen Center, he is also the author of several popular books, including AWAKENING THE BUDDHA WITHIN, AWAKENING TO THE SACRED, and AWAKENING THE BUDDHIST HEART, the first trilogy of Buddhism for the West. He is a regular contributor to a number of magazines and is a founder and board member of several Buddhist monasteries and charitable projects in refugee camps in Asia and the West.


Book Information
ISBN 9780857501912
Author Surya Das
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 336g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 30mm