Lama Surya Das | |
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| Title | Lama |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Religion | Nyingma |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | State University of New York, Buffalo |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba Kalu Rinpoche Lama Thubten Yeshe Gyalwa Karmapa S.N. Goenka Anagarika Munindra |
| Based in | International Padmakara Translation Committee Dzogchen Foundation |
| Website | Dzogchen Foundation |
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Lama Surya Das (born 1950), born Jeffrey Miller, is one of the first Westerners to have be named a lama and teacher of the Dzogchen tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. As both the famed author of the bestselling book Awakening the Buddha Within and founder of the Dzogchen Foundation, Surya Das is one of the more easily identifiable Buddhists currently teaching in the Western world. He has trained several American and European Buddhist teachers in the Dzogchen tradition and leads meditation retreats worldwide.