--- title: "Best Surya Das Quotes" 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 · Page 2 > [Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? Is Krishna Das more Krishna like and Ram…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/why-d-he-name-ram-dass-that-and-krishna-das-that-instead-of-vice/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Brother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/surya-das-12161_brother_why-d-he-name-ram-dass-that-and-krishna_2226912.jpg) > [When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/when-the-sunset-of-life-arrives-and-its-twilight-shadows-fade-away/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Awakened](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awakened/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/surya-das-12161_awakened_when-the-sunset-of-life-arrives-and-its_429975.jpg) > [There's plenty going on that's substantial and transformative, beneficial and authentic. Just because somebody is in the media, it doesn't mean they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/there-s-plenty-going-on-that-s-substantial-and-transformative/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Authentic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authentic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/surya-das-12161_authentic_there-s-plenty-going-on-that-s-substanti_2275319.jpg) > [I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/i-think-that-s-what-s-important-to-see-how-we-ourselves-can-become/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/surya-das-12161_able_i-think-that-s-what-s-important-to-see-h_23324.jpg) > [May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/may-all-beings-everywhere-with-whom-we-are-inseparably-connected-be/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Awakened](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awakened/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/surya-das-12161_awakened_may-all-beings-everywhere-with-whom-we-a_2049835.jpg) > [The religions are the buildings or the institutions, the groups, but inside of that is what moves, is what's alive, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/the-religions-are-the-buildings-or-the-institutions-the-groups-but/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Airy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/surya-das-12161_airy_the-religions-are-the-buildings-or-the-i_3222133.jpg) > [Sex, creativity, music, art, family, love, beauty, and creative imagination are all part of the spiritual path in the tantric traditions. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/sex-creativity-music-art-family-love-beauty-and-creative-imagination/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/surya-das-12161_art_sex-creativity-music-art-family-love-bea_2435872.jpg) > [On the other side, is a substantial, more materialism, everything is real long to the extent we can see or measure it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/on-the-other-side-is-a-substantial-more-materialism-everything-is/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/surya-das-12161_long_on-the-other-side-is-a-substantial-more_1359409.jpg) > [There is false of Aristotelian logic, which is so much the basis of Christianity, and to some extent, Judaism in the west.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/there-is-false-of-aristotelian-logic-which-is-so-much-the-basis-of/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Bases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/surya-das-12161_bases_there-is-false-of-aristotelian-logic-whi_1335008.jpg) > [Also not being afraid to stand up for what you believe in while taking into account that you could very well be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/also-not-being-afraid-to-stand-up-for-what-you-believe-in-while/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/surya-das-12161_accounts_also-not-being-afraid-to-stand-up-for-wh_646574.jpg) > [But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/but-you-know-eventually-that-does-kind-of-veneer-chemical-veneers/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/surya-das-12161_blood_but-you-know-eventually-that-does-kind-o_268751.jpg) > [Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know... whatever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/well-neither-of-us-were-buddhists-then-because-it-was-new-to-us-we/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/surya-das-12161_buddhism_well-neither-of-us-were-buddhists-then-b_1817996.jpg) > [Contributing to others, not converting others, but for those who are interested, going where invited, speaking when asked, teaching when asked and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/contributing-to-others-not-converting-others-but-for-those-who-are/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Appropriate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/surya-das-12161_appropriate_contributing-to-others-not-converting-ot_403478.jpg) > [Spirit is love, spirit is connection, inclusive, and that's what I'm interested in, and that's what moved me. That's what I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/spirit-is-love-spirit-is-connection-inclusive-and-that-s-what-i-m/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [College](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/surya-das-12161_college_spirit-is-love-spirit-is-connection-incl_3176827.jpg) > [But you know the difference between sex and love. And sex can be part of love, but what moves your heart, what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/but-you-know-the-difference-between-sex-and-love-and-sex-can-be-part/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/surya-das-12161_and-love_but-you-know-the-difference-between-sex_206397.jpg) > [Mother Teresa- cream. Exemplars, exemplary models we can learn from and become more like, but we don't have to imitate them. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/surya-das/mother-teresa-cream-exemplars-exemplary-models-we-can-learn-from-and/) [Surya Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/) [Beneficial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneficial/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/surya-das-12161_beneficial_mother-teresa-cream-exemplars-exemplary_969849.jpg) ## Surya Das by topic [Religion (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/surya-das/) [Spiritual (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spiritual/surya-das/) [Knows (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/surya-das/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/surya-das/#itemlist", "name": "Surya Das Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? 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