For some years in California, a young man came to my lectures in a bed, brought in a bed. He was a quadriplegic. He could not speak. He was about twenty-eight years old. He was... Read more>
In this talk, Ram Dass speaks of making human relationships our yoga, showing us the power that community has to help each other awaken and experience being free together. Show... Read more>
We go out and we are concerned and feel for other people’s suffering. We want to do something about it but compassion involves a certain kind of paradox. When you respond... Read more>
Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche known simply as Chatral Rinpoche has passed away on Dec. 31, 2015 at Pharping, Nepal at the age of 102. He was born on 18 June 1913 in Kham region... Read more>
“To enter deeply into meditation is to enter into the mystery of suffering love. It is to encounter the woundedness of our human nature. We are all deeply wounded from our... Read more>
Ram Dass encourages us to make friends with our neurosis through compassion, rather than trying to avoid or push it away. As we free ourselves from identification with these... Read more>
"The only thing we have to offer to one another is our very being" - Ram Dass Ram Dass encourages us to tap into the infinite and unbearable compassion that is available in... Read more>
In this episode, Members of Ram Dass' Satsang Mirabai Bush, Raghu Markus and Danny Goleman hang out and talk about Danny's new book with HH Dalai Lama- A Force For Good- which... Read more>
In the clarity of a quiet mind, there is room for all that is actually happening and whatever else might also be possible. Though we may be mindful of myriad details, our... Read more>
A new film featuring Ram Dass & Sharon Salzberg “Compassion is not acting as if we need to help another person, it’s like one hand pulling the other out of the fire.... Read more>
I have never had the pleasure of meeting Ram Dass in person. When I was 13, my parents sent me to yoga and meditation classes because they thought I had insomnia and it would... Read more>
Ram Dass - Death is a Reminder to Live Life Fully In Eastern traditions, the state of consciousness at the last moment of life is considered so crucial that you spend your whole... Read more>
"Knowing others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment." - Tao Te Ching You cross the street to avoid looking in the eyes of a homeless woman. Your heart is calling, but... Read more>
Art by Outi Harma - http://goo.gl/6cy9XN When we see that service is not a one-way street, we find that those we are helping give us a continuous stream of clues to help us... Read more>
Suffering seems to be a fact of life. How do we face it? Clearly it is a stranger to none of us. Perhaps we've not experienced the corrosive pain of illness, persecution,... Read more>
