{"id":1224,"date":"2007-07-03T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T12:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/the-backyard-bodhisattva.html"},"modified":"2007-07-03T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2007-07-03T12:29:16","slug":"the-backyard-bodhisattva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/the-backyard-bodhisattva.html","title":{"rendered":"The Backyard Bodhisattva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"070630_lede_boddhisatva.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/183\/import\/070630_lede_boddhisatva.jpg\" width=\"173\" height=\"210\" style=\"float:right;margin: 5px\" \/>Lama Surya Das discloses how the world often offers us relationships with closet Bodhisattvas, precious people of tremendous depth and kindness, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/219\/story_21926_1.html\" target=\"_new\">here.<\/a><br \/>\nWe just have to know how to <em>see <\/em>them when they&#8217;re right in front of us, and appreciate them for all they are.<br \/>\nThe article is excerpted from LSD&#8217;s latest, excellent book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Buddha-Does-Original-Practices-Enlightened\/dp\/0060747293\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/002-6416743-1456065?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183480243&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;Buddha Is As Buddha Does; The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living.&#8221;<\/a> He&#8217;ll be teaching and conducting retreats on the east coast this summer, but flies to San Francisco in August.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dzogchen.org\/teachings\/cal-lsd.html\" target=\"_new\"> Here is his schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lama Surya Das discloses how the world often offers us relationships with closet Bodhisattvas, precious people of tremendous depth and kindness, here. 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