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Awakening the Buddha Within

By: Lama Surya Das
Narrated by: Lama Surya Das
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About this listen

 Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the first comprehensive book of Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.

Buddhism offers a profound yet practical path to enlightenment. In this loving and generous book, the American-born and Tibetan-trained Lama Surya Das offers at once a definitive and nonsectarian guide to the wisdom found in ancient Tibetan teachings and a tried and true path of spiritual transformation.

The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of us are too often like sleeping Buddhas. Surya Das shows how we can awaken to who we really are and thus walk the liberating, peaceful path of mindful and compassionate living. With lively language, meditations, and spiritual practices, this unique book provides a bridge between East and West, past, present, and future.

Awakening the Buddha Within offers a complete yet accessible understanding of the unique Buddhist teachings embodied in the traditional Noble Eight-Fold Path and its Three Enlightenment Trainings, common to all schools of Buddhism:

Wisdom Training: Developing clear vision, insight, and inner understanding--seeing reality and ourselves as we really are.

Ethics Training: Cultivating virtue, self-discipline, integrity, and compassion in what we say and do.

Meditation Training: Practicing mindfulness, concentration, and awareness of the present moment.

This fresh and original work illuminates such key principles as karma (what we do does matter), rebirth (every moment is an opportunity to start afresh), letting go (simplifying our lives by clarifying our hearts and minds), as well as conscious living and dying, and Dzogchen, the ultimate, mystical teaching of Tibet.

In this wonderful marriage of the timeless and the timely, Surya Das has written an invaluable, authoritative text for the novice and the experienced student of Buddhism alike. Awakening the Buddha Within reveals how sacred wisdom, contemplative practice, and altruism can be integrated into our outer and inner lives--in our relationships, in the workplace, and at home.

Here is a guidebook to enlightenment--a sourcebook of the sacred for anyone who wants to lead a more serene and beautiful life.©1997 Surya Das; (P)1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Buddhism Consciousness & Thought Hygiene & Healthy Living Philosophy Meditation Physical Exercise Yoga Compassion Mindfulness Wisdom Eastern Philosophy

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Critic reviews

"A warm, accessible, deep, brilliantly written exploration and adventure along the Buddhist path." --Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

"[T]his is a great achievement and I feel deeply grateful for it."
--Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Living Buddha, Living Christ

"This open-hearted offering of the Buddha's teachings ranges from fundamentals to magic. It is a wonderful gift."
--Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness

"Wise and wonderful, gentle and profound. . . . This is surely one of the finest spiritual manuals meant for a larger public and it succeeds brilliantly."
--Ken Wilbur, author of A Brief History of Everything
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A stirring, beautifully written and delivered introduction to The Noble 8-Fold Path. Explained clearly and with authority.

A perfect introduction to Dharma teaching

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I am delighted to have discovered the wisdom of Lama Surya Das when I really needed it. This book is a joy to listen to, I felt like he was speaking directly to me. highly recommended

wonderful

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Loved the teachings, guidance and softness of his voice.

Practical tips helpful. I like most Buddhist teachings will listen to again … peace love & kindness 🙏🏼

Easy interesting listening

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I like that it covers the topics of Buddhism and meditation in a compact way. I think this is a good book to get familiar with the said topics.

Good summary & entry book

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I have read this book before and wanted to hear it on audible but its not at all as written. It's a loose interpretation of it and as a result is very disappointing as I have been waiting for an opportunity hear it again.

What Lama Surya Das says in its place is interesting - just not what I was expecting.

Surely we want what's written and not something completely different?

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