--- title: "56 Surya Das Quotes - Famous Writer (Buddha Is as Buddha Does)" description: "Surya Das is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, spiritual activist, author of many popular works on Buddhism, meditation ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-surya-das-88015.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-surya-das-88015.jpg) # Surya Das (1950) Writer United States **56** quotes in **518** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Surya Das is a writer from the United States, best known for *Buddha Is as Buddha Does*. ## Quick Facts About Surya Das Born January 1, 1950 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Buddha Is as Buddha Does ## About Surya Das Surya Das is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist, author of many popular works on Buddhism, meditation teacher, and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. He has been accused of sexual misconduct by several of his former students. ## Quotes by Surya Das > [The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/the-pearl-principle-no-inner-irritation-no-pearl/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Integrity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/integrity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/surya-das-12161_integrity_the-pearl-principle-no-inner-irritation_830196.jpg) > [Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/don-t-wait-to-find-solid-ground-dance-in-emptiness/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/surya-das-12161_dance_don-t-wait-to-find-solid-ground-dance-in_2584785.jpg) > [We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-each-need-to-make-peace-with-our-own-memories-we-have-all-done/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/done/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/surya-das-12161_done_we-each-need-to-make-peace-with-our-own_796593.jpg) > [Like many others, I sometimes find that cooking can be naturally grounding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/like-many-others-i-sometimes-find-that-cooking-can-be-naturally/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Cooking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cooking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/surya-das-12161_cooking_like-many-others-i-sometimes-find-that-c_2797220.jpg) > [One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/one-half-plus-one-half-does-not-equal-one-one-whole-plus-one-whole/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/surya-das-12161_doe_one-half-plus-one-half-does-not-equal-on_3029544.jpg) > [Spiritually speaking, everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now - for those with eyes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spiritually-speaking-everything-that-one-wants-aspires-to-and-needs/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Accessible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accessible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/surya-das-12161_accessible_spiritually-speaking-everything-that-one_310988.jpg) > [You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/you-have-to-go-through-the-darkness-to-truly-know-the-light-this-may/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Bad mood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-mood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/surya-das-12161_bad-mood_you-have-to-go-through-the-darkness-to-t_477580.jpg) > [Well there were other Maharajis, so Neem Karoli Baba was his technical name, like there are a thousand Lamas called Rinpoche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/well-there-were-other-maharajis-so-neem-karoli-baba-was-his-technical/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/surya-das-12161_baba_well-there-were-other-maharajis-so-neem_2235038.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spiritual-joy-is-devotion-it-s-like-a-virus-you-know-it-s-a/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Benevolent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benevolent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/surya-das-12161_benevolent_spiritual-joy-is-devotion-it-s-like-a-vi_292351.jpg) > [Embracing our environment is a good direction, a very spiritual direction. It's too Aristotelian to separate man from the animals and man;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/embracing-our-environment-is-a-good-direction-a-very-spiritual/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/surya-das-12161_animal_embracing-our-environment-is-a-good-dire_973609.jpg) > [We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-re-human-beings-trying-to-understand-and-cultivate-what-it-means/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Divine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/surya-das-12161_divine_we-re-human-beings-trying-to-understand_2296341.jpg) > [We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-all-have-spiritual-dna-wisdom-and-truth-are-part-of-our-genetic/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/surya-das-12161_access_we-all-have-spiritual-dna-wisdom-and-tru_1437262.jpg) > [So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/so-we-re-all-living-spirit-it-s-not-about-isms-and-schims-or/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/surya-das-12161_heart_so-we-re-all-living-spirit-it-s-not-abou_137245.jpg) > [Everyone has values, and values their family, values their health, their sanity, their safety and security, and their families, their parents, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/everyone-has-values-and-values-their-family-values-their-health-their/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/surya-das-12161_children_everyone-has-values-and-values-their-fam_2044486.jpg) > [“The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/the-thought-manifests-as-the-word-the-word-manifests-as-the-deed-the/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/surya-das-12161_buddhism_the-thought-manifests-as-the-word-the-wo_1351174.jpg) > [However, we need to participate and manage skillfully, helpfully, and harmoniously, for a better world, family and society to be possible. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/however-we-need-to-participate-and-manage-skillfully-helpfully-and/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/surya-das-12161_believe_however-we-need-to-participate-and-manag_904379.jpg) > [I think that today, integration is the name of the game and not separating these things out, and not trying to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-think-that-today-integration-is-the-name-of-the-game-and-not/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Edges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/edges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/surya-das-12161_edges_i-think-that-today-integration-is-the-na_2249382.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/there-s-many-lanes-on-the-highway-of-enlightenment-they-don-t-have-to/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Appropriate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/surya-das-12161_appropriate_there-s-many-lanes-on-the-highway-of-enl_288791.jpg) > [I always thought he gave me that name because I have a kind of outgoing or sunny disposition. And in those days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-always-thought-he-gave-me-that-name-because-i-have-a-kind-of/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Afros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/surya-das-12161_afros_i-always-thought-he-gave-me-that-name-be_82207.jpg) > [Spiritual seekers particularly are on a quest to understand life; we want to examine our own lives and find meaning in what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spiritual-seekers-particularly-are-on-a-quest-to-understand-life-we/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/surya-das-12161_adventure_spiritual-seekers-particularly-are-on-a_3027383.jpg) > [Who's willing to face the unknown- the difficulties, the disappointments, the surprises of the unfamiliar. If you're going to change, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/who-s-willing-to-face-the-unknown-the-difficulties-the/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/surya-das-12161_able_who-s-willing-to-face-the-unknown-the-di_2271803.jpg) > [“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/to-laugh-often-and-much-to-win-the-respect-of-intelligent-people-and-4/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Appreciate beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciate-beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/surya-das-12161_appreciate-beauty_to-laugh-often-and-much-to-win-the-respe_3023460.jpg) > [Pray Meditate Be aware.Stay awake Bow Practise yoga Feel Chant and sing Breathe and smile Relax.Enjoy.Laugh.Play Create.Envision Let Go/Forgive.Accept Walk.Exercise.Move Work.Serve.Contribute Listen/Learn.Enquire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/pray-meditate-be-aware-stay-awake-bow-practise-yoga-feel-chant-and/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/surya-das-12161_accepting_pray-meditate-be-aware-stay-awake-bow-pr_3083482.jpg) > [Who can keep us from recreating our life as we would like it to be-as it could, and should be? No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/who-can-keep-us-from-recreating-our-life-as-we-would-like-it-to-be-as/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/surya-das-12161_art_who-can-keep-us-from-recreating-our-life_2998693.jpg) > [Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/ram-dass-krishna-dass-we-all-spoke-through-interpreters-there-were/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/surya-das-12161_ancient_ram-dass-krishna-dass-we-all-spoke-throu_404871.jpg) > [I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-never-really-wanted-to-have-a-guru-i-was-more-interested-in/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Backgrounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backgrounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/surya-das-12161_backgrounds_i-never-really-wanted-to-have-a-guru-i-w_436828.jpg) > [Everybody has similar values. You travel around the world and everybody is different, but everybody is also the same in those ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/everybody-has-similar-values-you-travel-around-the-world-and/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/surya-das-12161_around-the-world_everybody-has-similar-values-you-travel_926547.jpg) > [People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/people-who-spend-a-great-deal-of-time-in-their-gardens-attest-to-the/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/surya-das-12161_attention_people-who-spend-a-great-deal-of-time-in_595463.jpg) > [I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and killed in Kent State…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradiction-in-terms-especially-after/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-realize-that-was-becoming-a-contradict_2505662.jpg) > [We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-cannot-expect-miracles-of-mindfulness-in-our-own-lives-without/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/surya-das-12161_awareness_we-cannot-expect-miracles-of-mindfulness_3087297.jpg) > [I started to think more about becoming peace rather than fighting for peace, and the contradiction in terms, and the anger and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-started-to-think-more-about-becoming-peace-rather-than-fighting-for/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/surya-das-12161_becoming_i-started-to-think-more-about-becoming-p_1340901.jpg) > [So we have to be ready, willing, and able to really transform ourselves, and each other in the world, not just say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/so-we-have-to-be-ready-willing-and-able-to-really-transform-ourselves/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/surya-das-12161_able_so-we-have-to-be-ready-willing-and-able_969415.jpg) > [Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/really-whatever-i-was-seeking-and-looking-into-in-those-days-like/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/surya-das-12161_art_really-whatever-i-was-seeking-and-lookin_2878968.jpg) > [We learn by doing, not just by thinking. So I feel like beyond Buddhism, or Hinduism, or Judaism, or Christianity we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/we-learn-by-doing-not-just-by-thinking-so-i-feel-like-beyond-buddhism/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/surya-das-12161_buddhism_we-learn-by-doing-not-just-by-thinking-s_998563.jpg) > [Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/unlike-some-of-my-other-dharma-brothers-who-got-names-that-were-very/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Brother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/surya-das-12161_brother_unlike-some-of-my-other-dharma-brothers_2716453.jpg) > [I think it's very important to really find the wheat amidst the chafe and not give into superficialities, to not get caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-think-it-s-very-important-to-really-find-the-wheat-amidst-the-chafe/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Baths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baths/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/surya-das-12161_baths_i-think-it-s-very-important-to-really-fi_770297.jpg) > [Mahar-jji used to say 'wherever the Satsang gets together, I am there', kind of echoing Jesus' statement: wherever two or more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsang-gets-together-i-am-there/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Get together](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/get-together/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/surya-das-12161_get-together_mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsa_3175656.jpg) > [If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/if-we-accept-and-internalize-the-fact-of-our-own-mortality-then-by/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/surya-das-12161_accepting_if-we-accept-and-internalize-the-fact-of_539452.jpg) > [It's not like we're all animalistic people trying to become more spiritual. We're really living spirit, trying to find out how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/it-s-not-like-we-re-all-animalistic-people-trying-to-become-more/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Animalistic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animalistic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/surya-das-12161_animalistic_it-s-not-like-we-re-all-animalistic-peop_2635071.jpg) > [Well Buddhism, 'shmoodism', I didn't go to India looking for Buddhism. 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Not only just me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Surya Das" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsang-gets-together-i-am-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/surya-das-12161_get-together_mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsa_3175656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/surya-das-12161_get-together_mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsa_3175656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/surya-das-12161_get-together_mahar-jji-used-to-say-wherever-the-satsa_3175656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mahar-jji used to say 'wherever the Satsang gets together, I am there', kind of echoing Jesus' statement…” — Surya Das", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 38, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we live and spend our allotted time. 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