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“DownTown Lama” Surya Das Coming to Chi-Town June 26, 2005
Chicago, IL., June 11, 2005
Contact: Tashi Tsering Phuri,
(847) 492-0809, tibetcenter@aol.com
or Ingrid Perlongo, iperlongo@earthlink.net


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“DownTown Lama” Surya Das Coming to Chi-Town June 26, 2005

Lama Surya Das is a leading spokesman for Buddhism in the West and one
of the foremost Americans to be ordained within the Tibetan Dzogchen
lineage. Born Jeffrey Miller, Long Island, NY, he is the founder of the
Dzogchen Foundation, Cambridge, MA, and a sought-after spiritual
teacher, poet and translator active in interfaith dialogue and the
emerging American Buddhist community.

A columnist for top religion website Beliefnet, Lama Surya Das
(www.surya.org)
is coming to Chicago, IL, to speak on his national bestseller Awakening
the Buddah Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World (Broadway
Books): June 26, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at Northwestern University, 2002
Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL,, sponsored by Chicago TIBETcenter, a
nonprofit organization endorsed by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama,
dedicated to the preservation of the Tibetan people and culture.
Tickets are $15.00 ($12.00 for TIBETcenter members, seniors and
students).
       Awakening the Buddah Within is the first in the popular “Awakening
Trilogy,”
a three-volume primer on Buddhism written in Lama Surya Das’
characteristic warm, engaging prose. It illuminates the key guidelines
and principles common to all schools of Buddhism, offering practical
advice on living an enlightened life through training in discernment,
ethics, and meditation. The book is available at 35% discount at
TIBETgift, 827 Foster St., Evanston, IL, or www.tibetgift.com.

For more information, contact:
               Tashi Tsering Phuri, (847) 492-0809, tibetcenter@aol.com
               or Ingrid Perlongo, iperlongo@earthlink.net.
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Retaliation and revenge are never the answers to the world’s problems.
There is a middle-way in which suffering can be transformed into
understanding, compassion,
and even peace. —Lama Surya Das

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