48 Quotes by Surya Das

When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity.

We are in the habit of rating our lives in real time – a sad day, a nice visit, a terrible commute, a good meditation – qualifying and quantifying everything. There are actually neither unequivocally good nor bad events, things, or people – only the wanted and the unwanted – and everything is subjective. This is strong medicine; think about it. It’s a matter of perspective.

To just be – to be – amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of being. This is unadulterated Buddha-nature. This is like finding our balance.