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Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), [1] also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, [2] psychologist, and writer. His best-selling [ 3 ] 1971 book Be Here Now , which has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal", [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] helped popularize Eastern ...
Ram Dass, a pioneer in popularizing psychedelic drugs in the 1960s and ’70s who later became an inspirational guru, died Sunday in Maui, Hawaii, according to his verified Instagram page. He was ...
Stephen Levine (July 17, 1937 – January 17, 2016) was an American poet, author and teacher best known for his work on death and dying. He is one of a generation of pioneering teachers who, along with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg, have made the teachings of Theravada Buddhism more widely available to students in the West.
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary is a 2014 documentary film about Ram Dass and Timothy Leary, Harvard professors who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs. [1]
Swami Ramdas was born as Vittal Rao in Hosdurg, Kerala, India on 10 April 1884 [1] to Balakrishna Rao and Lalita Bai. Vittal was educated first at a local school in Hosdurg and was later sent to Mangalore to study at the Basel Evangelical Mission High School run by German missionaries. [2]
Be Here Now, or Remember, Be Here Now, is a 1971 book on spirituality, yoga, and meditation by the American yogi and spiritual teacher Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert). [1] [2] [3] The core book was first printed in 1970 as From Bindu to Ojas and its title since 1971 comes from a statement his guide, Bhagavan Das, made during Ram Dass's journeys in India.
Ralph Metzner. Ralph Metzner (May 18, 1936 – March 14, 2019) [1] was a German-born American psychologist, writer and researcher, who participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early 1960s with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later named Ram Dass).
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...