Make me one with everything : Buddhist meditations to awaken from the illusion of separation

Title:

Author:

Surya Das, Lama, 1950- author.

ISBN:

9781622034123

Personal Author:

Surya Das, Lama, 1950- author.

Publication Information:

Boulder, CO : Sounds True, Inc., 2015.

Physical Description:

xv, 333 pages : 21 cm

Contents:

Introduction : Awakening Together through Inter-Meditation -- Seeing the World through Someone Else's Eyes : An Ancient Lens for Contemporary Wisdom -- Befriending Ourselves so We Can Befriend the World : Self-Acceptance and Authentic Connection -- I/Thou : Inter-Meditating with Our Spiritual Teachers -- A Passion for Oneness : Inter-Meditating with Our Partners -- The Mama and the Papa Sutras : Inter-Meditating with Our Families -- Closing the Gap : Inter-Meditating with Our Enemies -- Coming Together without Falling Apart : Inter-Meditating with Adversity -- No Cure for Old Age and Death : Inter-Meditating with Mortality -- To Save One Soul is to Save the Universe : Inter-Meditating with the World -- Neither within nor Without : Inter-Meditating with Nature and Our Higher Selves -- Appendix I -- Appendix II : The Lojong Aphorisms : Mind/Heart Transformation.

Subject Term:

Buddhist meditations.

Meditation -- Buddhism.

Buddhist meditations. (OCoLC)fst00840231

Meditation -- Buddhism. (OCoLC)fst01015414

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2203228

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What did the Dalai Lama say to the pizza guy from Brooklyn? "Make me one with everything!" It's a familiar joke, muses Lama Surya Das, but it holds a profound truth: that in addition to inner peace, meditation is a path for all-inclusive connection .With Make Me One with Everything, he invites us to experience this expansive dimension of the dharma through the art of intermeditation.

"If you've ever felt 'at one' with something--your beloved or your child, a wooded trail, a favorite song--then you've experienced intermeditation," teaches Surya Das .Based on Tibetan Buddhism's core insights into the deeply connected nature of who we are, intermeditation offers both new and experienced meditators a fresh new way to commune with every moment--on and off the cushion--in oneness with our partners, our family and friends, our enemies, those in need near or far, our higher Selves, and Nature itself.

Author Notes

Lama Surya Daw is one of the most learned and highly trained American-born lamas in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. He is the founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Austin, Texas, and the author of many books, including Awakening the Buddha Within. For more, visit surya.org.

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The title's reference to the classic joke about the Dalai Lama's encounter with a hot dog vendor signals the playful tone of Surya's exploration of non-duality, but the influential American Buddhist teacher and writer (Awakening the Buddha Within) is passionately serious about his subject. "Inter-meditation," he explains, "means meditating with-the practice and art of intimacy and union with whatever is, just as it is." He demonstrates how the ancient Tibetan practice of lojong ("heart/mind training") can be applied to everyday life through many practices, such as focused meditations on others and tantra-inspired sex, that encourage intentional connection with others. Discussions of suffering, old age and death, and action in the larger world provide a strong conclusion. Packed with generous wisdom from Surya's 45 years of eclectic study and training, this book offers an exuberant, impassioned plea for a life lived fully in connection with others and the universe. While the author clearly has an affinity for mysticism, his approach is down to earth; readers tolerant of his ebullient self-promotion and penchant for neologisms ("we-volution," "convergitation," and more) will find abundant resources for spiritual growth. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Preface Make Me One with Everything	p. ix
Introduction Awakening Together through Inter-Meditation	p. 1
Chapter 1 Seeing the World through Another's Eyes	p. 11
An Ancient Lens for Contemporary Wisdom
Chapter 2 Befriending Ourselves, Befriending the World	p. 25
Self-Acceptance, Forgiveness, and Authentic Connection
Chapter 3 I/Thou Implies Infinite Love	p. 47
How to Co-Meditate with the Dalai Lama and Our Spiritual Teachers
Chapter 4 A Passion for Oneness	p. 85
The Tantra of Co-Spirituality
Chapter 5 The Mama and Papa Sutras	p. 135
Interbeing with Our Families
Chapter 6 Closing the Gap	p. 159
Convergitation with Our Enemies
Chapter 7 Coming Together without Falling Apart	p. 199
Unity through Adversity
Chapter 8 No Cure for Old Age and Death	p. 229
Seeing through the Veil of Mortality
Chapter 9 To Save One Soul is to Save the Universe	p. 259
Becoming One with the World
Chapter 10 Neither Within nor Without	p. 287
One-ing-Realizing Our Inseparability from Nature and Our Higher Selves
Appendix I Sutya's Byte-Sized Buddhas	p. 311
Thirty - Three Potent Aphorisms
Appendix II The Fifty-Nine Lojong Aphorisms	p. 315
Mind/Heart Transformation
Notes	p. 321
About the Author	p. 331
About Dzogchen Center	p. 333

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