Lama Surya Das

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators Category:Western Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Jeffrey
LastName / namelast	Miller
MainNamePhon	Lama Surya Das
bio	Surya Das (born Jeffrey Miller in 1950) is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chant master, spiritual activist, author of many popular works on Buddhism, meditation teacher, and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. He has long been involved in charitable relief projects in the Third World and in interfaith dialogue. Surya Das is a Dharma heir of Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche, a Nyingma master of the non-sectarian Rime movement, with whom he founded the Dzogchen Center and Dzogchen retreats in 1991. His name, which means "Servant of the Sun" in a combination of Sanskrit (sūrya) and Hindi (das, from the Sanskrit dāsa), was given to him in 1972 by the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba. (Source Accessed Feb 7, 2020)
YearBirth	1950
BornIn	Valley Stream, Long Island, New York
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Dzogchen Foundation
StudentOf	Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
education	BA in Creative Education, SUNY Buffalo (1971)
publications	The Snow Lion's Turquoise Mane. HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. Natural Great Perfection. With Nyoshul Khenpo. Snow Lion Publications, 1st ed., 1995. Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World. New York: Broadway Books, 1998. Awakening to the Sacred. New York: Broadway, 2000. Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning and Connection into Every Part of Your Life. New York: Broadway, 2001. Letting Go of the Person You Used To Be. New York: Broadway, 2003. Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection. Book & CD edition. Louisville, CO: Sounds True, 2005. The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries. New York: Rodale Books, 2007. Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living. New York: HarperOne, 2008. Words of Wisdom. Kihei, Hawai'i: Koa Books, 2008 The Mind Is Mightier Than the Sword: Enlightening the Mind, Opening the Heart. New York: Doubleday Religion, 2009. Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the Infinite Possibilities of Now. New York: HarperOne, 2011. Make Me One with Everything: Buddhist Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of Separation. Louisville, CO: Sounds True, 2015.
IsInGyatsa	No
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Full Name

Lama Surya Das (b. 1950)

Affiliation

Dzogchen Foundation

Education

BA - 1971 - SUNY Buffalo, Creative Education

Other Information

Lama Surya Das was born Jeffrey Miller and raised in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating in 1971, with a degree in Creative Education.

Lama Surya Das (born 1950) is an American-born lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist and author of many popular works on Buddhism; a teacher and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. He has long been involved in charitable relief projects in the Third World and in interfaith dialogue. Surya Das is a Dharma heir of Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche, a Nyingma master of the non-sectarian Rime movement. His name, which means "Servant of the Sun" in a combination of Sanskrit (sūrya) and Hindi (das, from the Sanskrit dāsa), was given to him by the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba.

Source (Accessed May 31, 2012)

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

State University of New York

Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition.