| Ram Dass | ||
| While teaching at Harvard, Ram Dass' explorations of
human consciousness led him to conduct intensive research with LSD
and other psychedelic elements, in collaboration with Timothy Leary,
Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Because of the controversial
nature of this research, Ram Dass and Leary were dismissed from Harvard.
Later, while traveling in India he met his spiritual teacher, Neem Karoli Baba. Under his guru's guidance, he studied yoga and meditation and received the name Ram Dass, or "servant of God." Since 1968, he has pursued a variety of spiritual practices, including Hinduism, karma, yoga and Sufism. |
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| In 1974, Ram Dass created the Hanuman Foundation, which
has developed many projects, including the "Prison-Ashram Project,"
designed to help inmates grow spiritually during incarceration, and
the "Living Dying Project," which provides support for the
conscious dying. The foundation is also the organizing vehicle for
Ram Dass' lectures and workshops. He is also a co-founder and board
member of the Seva Foundation ("service," in Sanskrit),
an international organization dedicated to relieving suffering in
the world. Ram Dass has written a number of books on spiritual topics. His first, Be Here Now, published in 1971, with over one million copies sold and in its 34th printing - has become a classic spiritual guide. |
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| Books by Ram Dass
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| Be Here Now
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's
Guidebook |
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