A timeless reminder to avoid attachment to things we can’t hold on to. We practice to promote perspective, to see through everything, be through everything and remain at home, unhindered. Nothing is to be left out, in that the more awareness we cultivate the greater liberation we experience. This is the “Wisdom of Allowing”. Question and answer topics include working with the overwhelming nature and current exposure of suffering, distraction in meditation, and finding peace, balance, and hope in modern times.
“Leave it as it is and rest the weary mind”
For more on perspective, hear Joseph Goldstein’s thoughts on mindfulness. Sharon Salzberg also has an insightful talk, “Practicing in the World“, that gives practical advice on practicing mindfulness day-to-day and cultivating awareness.
Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism. Surya has spent over forty-five years studying Zen, vipassana, yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with the great masters of Asia, including the Dalai Lama’s own teachers, and has twice completed the traditional three-year meditation cloistered retreat at his teacher’s Tibetan monastery. He is an authorized lama and lineage holder in the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, and a close personal disciple of the leading grand lamas of that tradition.
Lama Surya Das is a sought-after speaker and lecturer, teaching and conducting meditation retreats and workshops around the world. He is a published author, translator, chant master (see Chants to Awaken the Buddhist Heart CD, with Stephen Halpern), and a regular blog contributor at The Huffington Post, as well as his own AskTheLama.comblog site where he shares his thoughts and answers questions from the public each week.
Learn more by visiting http://www.surya.org/
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