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Daniel Redwood |
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Ram Dass has been
one of America’s preeminent spiritual teachers for the past 30
years. Born Richard Alpert in Boston in 1931, he received a B.A.
from
Tufts College,
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Living_Spiritual_Teacher
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"I'm explicitly making my life
a teaching, by expressing the lessons that I've learned through it
so it can become a map for other people.... |
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Ram Dass |
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This letter was written by Ram Dass to a family
after their young daughter was murdered.
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TALLAHASSEE_DEMOCRAT
Published on January 26,2003
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Kathleen Laufenberg
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Back in the days when "Let It Be" topped the charts, Volks-wagen
vans ruled the road and people flashed the peace sign as often as
the finger, Ram Dass was a star of American pop culture. |
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Saturday, May 3, 2003 - Page F2 |
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A long, strange trip |
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Baba Ram Dass
helped a generation find enlightenment by dosing its members with
hallucinogens and a live-in-the-present philosophy. Now, writes
ELIZABETH BROMSTEIN, he's pondering the uncertainty of the future. |
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Peter Moore Interview July 29, 2003
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Be_a_Soul
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Ram
Dass has led the life of seeker and traveler, teacher and social
activist for 45 years. The quality of his conscious-ness is
legendary, not only for the words spoken, but because of the spell
that is somehow invoked in his company.
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New
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Edie
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The Prophets Conference
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Wynn Free
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No living person has had a
greater ongoing impact on the spirituality of the boomer generation than Baba
Ram Dass, aka Richard Alpert. His wisdom, courage, and
dedication to service have provided a beacon for millions searching for new
paradigms of understanding.
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USA Today Spotlight Health 06/26/2002 |
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Adele Slaughter
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In his 1971 classic,
Be Here Now, Ram Dass found his faith. But recovery from his stroke
challenged his belief in God's grace. "Everyone said, 'Poor
Ram Dass, poor Ram Dass' and I thought my guru's grace had deserted me,"
says Ram Dass. "I doubted God. My practice wasn't strong enough for the
physical, emotional, and spiritual pain I was feeling. I talked to my guru's
picture and he spoke to me, he was all around me."
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Alan Davidson
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Talking with Ram Dass
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It is a glorious San Francisco day. I zip
along the Golden Gate Bridge in a metallic blue Mustang convertible.
The sun warms my face and arms as the winter breeze whips around me,
a delightful reprieve from the sultry humidity I’ve left behind in
Houston. The San Francisco Bay shimmers in the sunlight. I pass
Sausalito as the Mustang climbs into the hills of Marin County.
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Ram Dass
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Spiritwalker Reading
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The most important aspect of love is not in giving or
the receiving: it’s in the being. When I need love from others, or
need to give love to others, I’m caught in an unstable situation.
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Spiritwalk Foundation 2001
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Jim Remsen |
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Sage in his golden age
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Ram Dass reposes in his 'swanboat'
as a library is named for him at the Omega Institute, a New Age retreat along
the Hudson River in Upstate New York. Photograph by Nancy Wegard.
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Ram Dass
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Brave
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Ram Dass, known and loved all over the world as the self-described "HinJew"
incarnation of Dr. Richard Alpert, gave the following talk at The Celbration Of
the Birth Centenary of Aldous Huxley.
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Michael McCarthy
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Still Here |
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"One
time I had the opportunity to visit a mental asylum. I met a patient
there who told me he was God." The speaker pauses for effect. The
standing-room-only hall of 300 or so is silent, waiting for the next
line. "I said to him: 'So am I.' He was quite upset because he
wanted to be the only one." There is a sudden burst of laughter and
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The Pacific Sun, Marin County
Dec 13, 2000
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'60s LSD guru reaches out to new generation |
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Nearly 40 years after
he was kicked off one campus, Richard Alpert is back among the
college crowd, still on a mission to expand the minds of
undergraduates. |
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Rebecca & David
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Interview with Richard Alpert
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David: I see that you have Bob
Dole on your altar. That's a nice touch. (laughter) Ram Dass: I take the person who most closes my heart and I watch my heart
close as I look at their picture. |
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Jim Parker |
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The DSN Interview
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After a year-long stay in
India in 1967-68 (during which time he came under the tutelage of Neem Karoli
Baba, a spiritual teacher known to his followers simply as "Maharaji"),
Alpert returned to the United States sporting a new role, guru to the emerging
American "New Age" spiritual community, and a new name given him by
Maharaji, Ram Dass ("Servant of God"). |
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Andrew Weil |
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The Strange Case of
the Harvard Drug Scandal
1963
Look magazine |
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Details Richard Alpert
and Timothy Leary’s studies with hallucinogens and their subsequent
dismissals from Harvard University. |
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No Illusions
June 10, 1963
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Newsweek
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find out more about Alpert and Leary’s
research and the International Federation for Internal Freedom,
which they created to encourage transcendental living through drugs. |
