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Lama Surya Das is an American-born lama in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, an author of popular works on Buddhism, and a respected teacher of Buddhism in the United States.

Born Jeffrey Miller in 1950, and raised on Long Island, Lama Surya Das later spent many years in India and Tibet studying with Tibetan lamas including H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, and H.H. 16th Karmapa. He is the dharma heir of Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche, a teacher in the non-sectarian Rime movement.

In the 1990s Lama Surya Das created the Dzogchen Foundation to further the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. In 2003, at the request of Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche, he founded Dzogchen Osel Ling as a sanctuary, hermitage, and lineage seat in Austin, Texas. Lama Surya Das also travels and teaches throughout the United States.

On February 21, 2006, he appeared as a special guest on the Comedy Central television show, The Colbert Report.

Bibliography

  • Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection. Hardcover: 110 pages; Publisher: Sounds True; Book & CD edition (August 2005); ISBN 1-59179-283-5
  • Letting Go of the Person You Used To Be. Hardcover: 240 pages; Publisher: Broadway; 1st edition (August 12, 2003); ISBN 0-7679-0873-2
  • Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World. Paperback: 432 pages; Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (June 15, 1998); ISBN 0-7679-0157-6
  • Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning and Connection into Every Part of Your Life. Paperback: 272 pages; Publisher: Broadway (December 11, 2001); ISBN 0-7679-0277-7
  • Awakening to the Sacred. Paperback: 400 pages; Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (May, 2000); ISBN 0-7679-0275-0
  • Natural Great Perfection (with Nyoshul Khenpo). Paperback: 204 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; 1st ed. USA edition (October 25, 1995); ISBN 1-55939-049-2
  • The Snow Lion's Turqouise Mane. Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco (December 4, 1992); ISBN 0-06-250849-0


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