LAMA SURYA DAS

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Comedy Interviews, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Comedy

4.8 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Duncan is joined by Buddhist teacher and author LAMA SURYA DAS. They talk about past lives, present lives, and Lama Surya Das teaches a simple way to access the monumental glory of the present moment.

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0:20.0	podcast and I want to tell you about this crazy idea that I've been thinking
0:24.0	about lately. And the reason I've been thinking about this idea is because I have
0:28.0	been listening to the fantastic audio book, A Brief History
0:32.0	of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, who also wrote
0:36.0	the book about the Appalachian Trail called A Walk in the Woods.
0:40.0	This book is incredible because Bryson is a genius when it comes to breaking down
0:46.0	obscure academic scientific theories. And the end result of listening to this book
0:52.0	is that depending on who you are, maybe you're some super advanced
0:56.0	scientists who already understands all this shit. But if you're like me
1:00.0	an internet surfing THC soap sponge that doesn't know that much about
1:06.0	anything, then getting this kind of information injected in you
1:12.0	will create a complete dilation of your world.
1:16.0	Because your world is going to be limited by the boundaries of your understanding.
1:20.0	And if you're someone like me who had no idea the age of the earth
1:24.0	knew the age of the universe, didn't really understand what DNA was
1:28.0	or is an I still am, but has been incredibly confused by the
1:34.0	general theory of relativity, then a book like this is just
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