Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “The Western Lama.” For more details visit here - http://hardcorezen.info/lama-surya-das-on-diamond-mountan-and-is-buddhism-compacency-part-a-million/953