Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the Infinite Possibilities of Now

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Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realisations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply. Buddhist wisdom teaches that the minutes and hours of our days do not simply march from future to present to past - looming, engulfing us, passing us by forever. Rather, each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness. Only by accessing that timeless dimension, the Buddha believed, can we learn to fully inhabit the Now. As an alternative to our ceaseless hustle and bustle, Surya Das offers readers the possibility of living in Buddha Standard Time. Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike will discover reasons and inspirations, tools and techniques that not only significantly reduce the amount of stress in our lives but help us find more focus, fulfilment, creativity, and even wisdom. The Buddha knew we're always free to live fully and completely in the present moment, and that doing so frees us from the burden of the past and the anxiety about the future. Living in Buddha Standard Time is in no way antithetical to modern life. Far from being at the mercy of time's demands, we will finally realise that we have, in fact, all the time in the world.

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"Buddha Standard Time" shares one of the great realisations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply. Buddhist wisdom teaches that the minutes and hours of our days do not simply march from future to present to past - looming, engulfing us, passing us by forever. Rather, each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness. Only by accessing that timeless dimension, the Buddha believed, can we learn to fully inhabit the Now. As an alternative to our ceaseless hustle and bustle, Surya Das offers readers the possibility of living in Buddha Standard Time. Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike will discover reasons and inspirations, tools and techniques that not only significantly reduce the amount of stress in our lives but help us find more focus, fulfilment, creativity, and even wisdom. The Buddha knew we're always free to live fully and completely in the present moment, and that doing so frees us from the burden of the past and the anxiety about the future. Living in Buddha Standard Time is in no way antithetical to modern life. Far from being at the mercy of time's demands, we will finally realise that we have, in fact, all the time in the world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Hay House UK
Published: 28 Jun 2011
ISBN 10: 1848505833
ISBN 13: 9781848505834
Book Overview: Free yourself from the illusion of time and integrate the peace of timelessness into the whole of your life

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This book is Lama Surya Das in his most tone-perfect Western guru voice: authoritative, inviting, generous, funny, poetic, imaginative and informative and totally accessible. Sylvia Boorstein, author of Happiness is an Inside Job Lama Surya Das is on our best teachers of universal wisdom. Buddha Standard Time is fairly dripping with insights. It's like a treasure to keep near you at all times. Marianne Williamson Lama Surya Das offers a wise and sane way to navigate these times. This pragmatic book will be illuminating and helpful for anyone wishing to find the timeless amidst the rush of time. Joseph Goldstein, author of One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism and A Heart Full of Peace With tools and techniques to guide you beautifully into the stillness of the present moment, you will finish this book with a smile on your face and all the time in the world. Prediction Magazine We all want more time. Surya Das reveals the open secret that we already have it, hidden within each moment. Discovering it is simple but not easy, and he gives us the tools and reminders to actually do it. Now. So let's have tea... -- Mirabai Bush, Founding Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society A wealth of inspiration and practical tips for enjoying the Kingdom of God, the Pure Land of the Buddha, *now*. -- bestselling author Thich Nhat Hanh If you want your future moments to sparkle with ecstatic awareness read this book. -- Ram Dass, author of Be Love Now

Author Bio

Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars, is the founder and spiritual director of the Dzogchen Foundation in Massachusetts and California. He is the author of several books, including the bestsellers Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Modern World and Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be.