Ram Dass
Ram Dass
Ram Dassis an American spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, and for founding the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. He continues to teach via his website...
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth6 April 1931
CityBoston, MA
mourning emotion busy
When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't.
spiritual home soul
Coming into the place of Soul-awareness is coming home.
peace names nameless
We kill each other over which name to call the Nameless.
acceptance mind suffering
Birth, death, and suffering all bring us to the very edge of what our minds can understand.
spiritual soul ego
The Ego ages... the Soul evolves... and to the Awareness, nothing happened!
life real awareness
It's all real and it's all illusory: that's Awareness!
oneness ego evolution
A Oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn't about the egos.
be-here-now explanation
To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
life creativity creative
My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.
profound mind patterns
Psychedelics helped me to escape.. albeit momentarily.. from the prison of my mind. It over-rode the habit patterns of thought and I was able to taste innocence again. Looking at sensations freshly without the conceptual overly was very profound.
important dying moments
Dying is the most important moment that exists in any incarnation
inspirational detroit bus
When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
compassion ability ability-to-see
Compassion is the ability to see how it all is.
journey important predicaments
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.