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
god mean suffering
What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.
character suffering depth
When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being?
games suffering planes
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.
remember be-here-now
Remember, Be Here Now.
thinking firsts realizing
At first you think that your sadhana Is a limited part of your life. In time you realize that Everything you do is part of your sadhana.
personality body life-experience
You must come to see every human being Including yourself, As an incarnation In a body or personality, going through a certain Life experience which is functional.
thinking be-here-now daring
If you think you are free, there is no escape possible.
accidents universe
There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe.
want week enlightened
If you want to see how enlightened you are, go spend a week with your family.
doorways different looks
I take the assumption that every religion has been rooted in some mystical or transcendent experience. From that assumption, I just look at all the different systems as metaphors or doorways to God.
thinking persons
Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are.
freedom philosophy yoga
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
scary truth-is bad-breath
Truth is scary. Truth has bad breath at times
people age old-age
Old age spiritualizes people naturally