Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realizations 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, fulfillment, creativity, and even even wisdom. The Buddha knew were 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 times demands, we will finally realize that we have, in fact, all the time in the world.

Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars and is known affectionately to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as "The American Lama." Surya Das is the author of the bestselling books Awakening the Buddha Within and Buddha Is as Buddha Does, founder and spiritual director of the Dzogchen Foundation, and founder of the Western Buddhist Teachers Network. A sought-after speaker who teaches, lectures, and conducts retreats around the world, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Visit the author online at www.surya.org.

	Contents: BUDDHA STANDARD TIME: awakening to the infinite possibilities of now
	Introduction: Making Peace with Time	1
1.	Awakening to Natural Time	15
2.	Taking Time for Your Higher Self	35
3.	Getting in Sync	61
4.	Understanding Our Powers of Perception	89
5.	Minding Time Wisely	111
6.	Creating Space in the Pace	135
7.	Living in Sacred Time and Space	157
8.	The Spinning Wheel of Time	181
	Conclusion: The Infinite Possibilities of Now	211
	Acknowledgments	215
	About Dzogchen Center	216