Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? Is Krishna Das more Krishna like and Ram Dass more Ram-like? Maybe... why not? We grow into our names. But why did my parents named me… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce, that they didn't like. They wanted to give their names back, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
I always thought he gave me that name because I have a kind of outgoing or sunny disposition. And in those days I was… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart of it… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
But you know the difference between sex and love. And sex can be part of love, but what moves your heart, what's really intimate,… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse, so it's… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
There's many lanes on the highway of enlightenment, they don't have to be on the razor's edge like the yellow line dotted in the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Spiritual joy is devotion, it's like a virus you know? It's a benevolent virus, but it spreads. It's infectious. Ram Dass was like a… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Spiritually speaking, everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now - for those with eyes to see. — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Contributing to others, not converting others, but for those who are interested, going where invited, speaking when asked, teaching when asked and so on,… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly; may the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college,… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
