In this special December treat, featuring kirtan from Jai Uttal, Ram Dass speaks about opening to change and merging with the Beloved. This episode of Here and Now comes from
In this recording from a 1992 retreat, Ram Dass talks about dealing with change, using the stuff of your daily life to get free, and how your karma defines your
Ram Dass explores the paradox of suffering a spiritual person lives with, the perfection of it all, better living through chemistry, how we’re touched by grace, and the path of
In this Q&A session, Ram Dass answers questions about how to love without emotional attachment, the relationship between karma and grace, and how he defines responsibility. “For conscious beings, there
In this epic conclusion to the story of the Ramayana, Ram Dass recounts the heroic actions of Hanuman as he helps Ram rescue Sita and defeat the demon king, Ravana.
From the 2013 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat in Maui, Hawaii. Ram Dass: I was present in India, standing next to Maharaji, and a young woman came up to
Seeing through the veil that our senses and our thinking minds make real, seeing behind the mask to true self, feels like the highest aspiration of humanity. Because, as we
Love at the Root Recently, Ram Dass’s beloved guru brother, Krishna Kumar (KK) Sah, passed away at his home in Nainital, India. The impact that KK had on Ram Dass,
When Ram Dass returned to the United States from India in August 1972 after being with his guru, Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji), he appeared on a radio show and spoke
Ram Dass shares a dharma talk exploring the complex relationships we form through devotional yoga that become doorways leading to inner liberation. Doorways For Getting Free How do you get
As you study the way in which your mind works in each moment, the way in which a concentrated mind deals with the world, as opposed to a diffused mind,
Qualities of the Beloved Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that
In this talk from 1983, Ram Dass reflects on the journey into innocence and uninhibited loving compassion that we all share. Show Notes The Eye of the Dolphin Ram Dass
“Ever since I met her when she was a teenager at the Lama Foundation, Mirabai Starr has been absorbed in the teachings of the great mystic saints, especially the women.
As the spiritual journey progresses the guru’s demands on the chela (disciple) intensifies. The demand on both sides for perfect truth increases. The chela is no longer satisfied with partial truth
In the East, holy beings are often referred to as ‘saints’. The term ‘saint’ (referring to holy beings) has different connotations in different cultures. In Catholic Church a saint is
In this early talk, from 1970, Ram Dass talks about the methods of purification necessary for waking up in this lifetime. He illuminates the traps that lie within these methods.
Knowing you’re God and being God are two different things. I mean intellectually, we all know we’re God – most of us understand that. But the direct experience of merging
In the West, it’s hard to even conceive of enlightened beings. We have much to learn about how to approach them, how to be with them, how to use them
Qualities of a True Guru All beings are involved in an evolutionary journey. In the course of history, and far into pre-recorded history, beings have been getting lost in the
I kept hoping to get esoteric teachings from Maharaji, but when I asked, “How can I become enlightened?” he said things like, “Love everybody, serve everybody, and remember God,” or “Feed people.”
I think that every institution has a difficult time staying as the edge of truth for a very long time, because of the pressure of survival. There has got to
In this talk from 1970, Ram Dass talks about the role of the holy person and what it means to share darshan from both the perspective of the devotee and
Ram Dass is joined by Roshi Joan Halifax, Raghu Markus and the author of “The Five Invitations,” Frank Ostaseski, to talk about his book and how making friends with death
Everybody that has asked to be free has called down upon themselves Grace; that is through their Guru, Guide, Guardian Angel or Spiritual Friend. That being, whomever it may be,
Ram Dass answers questions from the audience on the predicaments of Grace and Karma- the predicament of judging- the predicament of social responsibility. Also same-sex relationships and the relation to
The meaning of honoring Shiva is to give space to ALL of the forces of the universe. To recognize them all, to allow them to be, to not try to
The process is realizing that you and I exist on more than one plane of awareness simultaneously and on one plane suffering stinks, and on another plane suffering is grace.
A guru is somebody who is a pure mirror, so pure that when you meet that being you immediately see where you are caught. Ram Dass talks about the mirror
Ram Dass tells stories of his experiences in India that expanded his consciousness and allowed him to see the true potential of human beings. The miraculous events that happened with
The origin of Ram Dass’s Be Here Now is explored in this excerpt from The Divine Reality of Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj. With Maharaji’s permission, Ram Dass published
