Lama Surya Das talks about Buddha is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living.

Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars. Born Jeffrey Miller, he was raised in Valley Stream on New York's Long Island. After graduating with honors from college, he traveled throughout Europe and the East, and he has spent nearly thirty years studying Zen, vipassana, yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with many of the great old masters of Asia.

Visit Lama Surya Das Website for more information about his teachings: http://www.dzogchen.org/surya/surya.htm

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Za Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk, first came to the world's attention when his life story was chronicled in the first chapter of Po Bronson's bestseller, What Should I Do with My Life? While growing up in a refugee camp in Southern India, Za Rinpoche was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the sixth reincarnation of the Za Choeje Rinpoche. Now, in The Backdoor To Enlightenment, he shares with us the keys to immediate, profound realization and lasting peace, revealing the secrets to enlightenment that have remained hidden in the distant reaches of the Himalayas for more than a thousand years. 

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Atisha, 11th century Tibetan Master

Rinpoche guides us in understanding how we can truly relax in this very moment.

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Patrick Sweeney explains the fundamentals of Buddhism in clear and concise way.

Patrick Sweeney offers four very simple slogans to help remind us of our already-Enlightened Self:

• Too close, you can't recognize it.
• Too profound, you can't appreciate it.
• Too simple, you can't believe it.
• Too good, you can't accept it.