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May 2015
40m 9s

Lama Surya Das

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This week we talk to Lama Surya Das about looking beyond ourselvesLama 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. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “The Western Lama.”Surya has spent over  ... Show More
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