“Having a calling or meaningful and fulfilling purpose in life does not necessarily mean being drawn to a certain kind of job, task, or professional mission. Many people are compelled instead to commit themselves to a particular set of values… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“As long as we’re preoccupied with our former traumas and triumphs, or our fears and dreams about what might happen down the road, or… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa” — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“I have been thinking that the crux of happiness matter for me is whether or not I am in the moment, in the flow,… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“All the happiness and virtue in this world come from selflessness and generosity, all the sorrow from egotism, selfishness, and greed.” — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“We need to learn how to live consciously and, trusting ourselves, purposefully on that inevitable balance point between form and emptiness, relative and absolute,… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“All too easily, however, we can become distracted, scared, frustrated, gullible, cynical, or just plain inattentive. We suppress our natural questing spirit. We plow… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“Non-attachment is not complacency. It doesn't imply a lack of caring and commitment. The philosophy of non-attachment is based in the understanding that holding… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“By meditating, we´re learning to disengage ourselves from habitual clinging and disperse the defilements and obscurations that hinder our capacity to serve others, such… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“We all have certain desires and undesired outcomes related to whatever possible course and attitude we take in life, whether it be at the… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“Partings make us sad; they make us feel as though we are being beaten up by fate; sometimes they make us feel desperate and… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“With every breath, the old moment is lost; a new moment arrives. We exhale and we let go of the old moment. It is… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
