Quotes by Lama Surya Das

"It takes time and practice to learn to "get out of the way" and enter into the state from which such true art emerges. The total attention, precision, and discipline required for true creativity to blossom though one’s own craft requires fully inhabiting the present moment, free of self and other, past and future, in a non-conceptual state of wakefulness.." – Lama Surya Das

"Loss is the great equalizer that reminds us that we are not omnipotent; it helps us crack open our defensive shell of invulnerability and denial. It helps us see the ways that we avoid the truth of human frailty and rely on a false sense of control"

Source: Letting Go of the Person You Used To Be: Lessons On Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation