]> 2026-10-14T03:09:43-04:00 People/Das, Surya 0 en Dzogchen Foundation 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. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Das Source Accessed Feb 7, 2020]) Valley Stream, Long Island, New York Person People BA in Creative Education, SUNY Buffalo (1971) File:Surya Das Twitter.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/8/8a/Surya_Das_Twitter.jpg true true true File:Surya Das Twitter.jpg File:Surya Das Twitter.jpg Lama Surya Das;Jeffrey;Miller;Das, Surya false English Tibetan Lama Surya Das Jeffrey Miller Surya Das Twitter.jpg Das, Surya Lama Surya Das Jeffrey Miller Authors of English Works Translators and Western Buddhist Teachers * ''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. Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche Modern 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. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Das Source Accessed Feb 7, 2020]) Das, Surya;;;Lama Surya Das;;;Jeffrey Miller;Jeffrey Miller;Miller, Jeffrey 1950 2020-02-07T18:34:38Z 2458887.2740509 2020-02-07T18:34:38Z 2458887.2740509 true People/Das, Surya 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Das, Surya]] People/Das, Surya# QUERYdb7013045a362cf81efe549388979210 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Das, Surya]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Das, Surya||People/Das, Surya]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Das, Surya]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Das, Surya# QUERYbeddcfeebe85592dd76e858d7a5db810 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Das, Surya]] People/Das, Surya# QUERYc5bfd0ff3805abb553a272d58c6a8146 Books/Natural Great Perfection (1995) 0 en Natural Great Perfection (1995) Media/Lama Surya Das at the Garrison Institute 0 en Lama Surya Das at the Garrison Institute 0 Natural Great Perfection (1995)# 8e8ecb6db6c6ca2dd3ed7fb6aedd472a# 8e8ecb6db6c6ca2dd3ed7fb6aedd472a Das, Surya 0 en Das, Surya Translator 102 en Translator Performer 102 en Performer PersonPage 102 en PersonPage REDI 102 en REDI