Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practic

In Buddha is as Buddha Does, bestselling author Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars, offers a thorough, tried-and-true map to the richest treasure a human being can find - the Buddha's advice for living to your true potential. No matter what your religious beliefs are, this book can help you to reflect more deeply upon how you think, speak, and behave in each moment.

Appropriate for new seekers as well as experienced practitioners, and accompanied by lively anecdotes and practical exercises, this is one of the most accessible books to date on the ancient and timeless wisdom of the Buddha. Buddha Is as Buddha Does is for everyone who seeks to become a better person and share in the bounty of true Buddha nature.

Lama Surya Das has spent more than thirty-five years studying with the great spiritual masters of Asia. He is a leading spokesman for Buddhism and contemporary spirituality, as well as a poet, translator, spiritual teacher, and lama in the Tibetan Buddhist order. Lama Surya Das leads meditation retreats and workshops, lectures worldwide, is the founder and spiritual director of the Dzogchen Foundation (www.dzogchen.org), and organized the Western Buddhist Teachers Network weeklong conferences with the Dalai Lama. Surya Das is the author of several books, including the national bestseller Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Modern World, and he is active in interfaith dialogue.

"Anybody interested in Buddhism has much to learn here. Lama Surya Das is wise, intelligent, clear, humorous and an excellent teacher."

- Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now

--Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep