The Snow Lion's Turquoise Mane: Wisdom Tales from Tibet, HarperSanFrancisco ( San Francisco, CA), 1992. MEMBER: International Padmakara Translation Committee, Western Buddhist Teachers Network (president, 1993-99), SEVA Service Foundation (board member, 1978-80), Phi Beta Kappa.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Short poetry award, Library of Congress First Buddhist Web site award Spiritual Broadcaster Service award, Inner Dimensions Radio Foundation, Infinity Foundation Spirituality Award. Talks by Lama Surya Das have been recorded on audio cassettes and released by the Dzogchen Foundation. Established Dzogchen Center and Meditation Gardens outside Austin, TX, 2002. Meditation workshop and retreat teacher in Dzogchen, Vajrayana, and Mahayana Buddhism charity worker with Tibetan refugee communities and Cambodian and Vietnamese boat people organizer of Western Buddhist Teachers Network with the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India founding board member of the Seva Foundation international health projects Dzogchen Foundation, Cambridge, MA, founder and spiritual director, 1999. E-mail- ĬAREER: College English teacher, Kyoto, Japan, 1974-75 Karma Triyana Dharma Chakra monastery, Woodstock, NY, founder, 1977, director, 1977-80 Lama in Non-Sectarian Practice Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, 1988. Agent-Susan Lee Cohen, Riverside Literary Agency, 1052 Weatherhead Hollow, Guilford, VT 05301. Hobbies and other interests: Sports, poetry, dogs.ĪDDRESSES: Office-Dzogchen Foundation, P.O. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo, degree in creative education (summa cum laude), 1971 studied with spiritual teachers in India and Nepal, 1971-77 studied Zen and haiku, Kyoto, Japan, 1973-74 Vipassana meditation courses, beginning in the 1970s completed two traditional lamatraining retreats at Nyingmapa Retreat Center, Dordogne, France, 1980-88. Join our email list for periodic updates and specialsĮp.PERSONAL: Born Jeffrey Miller, December 26, 1950, in Brooklyn, NY son of Harold (a certified public accountant) and Joyce (a teacher maiden name, Rot-house) Miller married Kathleen Peterson, May 12, 2001. KBOO Volunteers: click here for important updates. Join Donald's Facebook Mindfulness and Reflection Group His new novel Travelers is a mystical and spiritual journey about a grieving psychiatrist who finds hope, healing and renewal when a mysterious traveling pet therapist, a sentient canine, and suicidal young patient come to the psych ward. Past Vice-President of The Center for Mindful Eating, he has taught mindfulness to over 15,000 health care and business professionals. His books, Clearing Emotional Clutter and The Mindfulness Code, were both chosen as “One of the Best Spiritual Books of the Year” by Spirituality & Practice. His best-selling The Mindfulness Toolboxwon two national publishing Ben Franklin IPBA awards as best book in both the Psychology and Mind-Body-Spirit categories. Featured as an expert in The Mindfulness Movie and profiled in the Living Spiritual Teachers Project, he currently writes Psychology Today’s Practical Mindfulness Blog.

Surya Das is the author of 14 books, including the national best seller 'Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World'. Previously, he was on Pathways to talk about his wonderful and beautifully illustrated children’s book, “The Yeti and the Jolly Lama: A Tale of Friendship.”ĭonald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert and award-winning author of over 20 books translated worldwide.

He is a regular contributor at the Be Here Now Network with his Awakening Now Podcast. Lama Surya Das founded the Western Buddhist Teachers Network with the Dalai Lama, and is also active in interfaith dialogue and charitable projects in low-income countries. He been featured in numerous publications and major media, including ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many many others. He is the founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is an authorized lama and lineage holder in the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism. He has twice completed the traditional three-year meditation cloistered retreat at his teacher’s Tibetan monastery. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “The Western Lama.”įor over 45 years, Lama Surya Das has studied Zen, vipassana, yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with the great masters of Asia, including the Dalai Lama’s own teachers. Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism.

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