Good thing Quote by Lama Surya Das

“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

“It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa”

— Lama Surya Das

“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

“All the happiness and virtue in this world come from selflessness and generosity, all the sorrow from egotism, selfishness, and greed.”

— Lama Surya Das

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“So often we mistake movement for meaning.”

— Lama Surya Das