Well Buddhism, 'shmoodism', I didn't go to India looking for Buddhism. I was looking for truth, or God, or a better way of life or happiness, fulfillment, meaning, purpose. And a way to become peace in the world and not… — 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
You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be more naturally… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
