Lama Surya Das

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Das, Surya

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Category:Western Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst Jeffrey
LastName / namelast Miller
MainNamePhon Lama Surya Das
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)

Publications

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