Love & Compassion
How can we cultivate a compassionate heart to find freedom?
We all know our humanity too well. That is why we put the focus on recognizing the part of us that isn’t stuck in the human-ness. Not to deny our
Neem Karoli Baba Archives
“R.D. says we are not our bodies. Amen.”
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
Identity & Ego
Working Through our Attachment to Money
I have met people who seem to be happy with very little, and I’ve met people who seem very unhappy with an awful lot. I was teaching a fellow to
The Guru
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Episode 91 – More Profound Than Miracles
Ram Dass tells the story of Maharaji arranging the reunion of a barber and his son by appearing in two places at one time “More profound than miracles is the
The Guru
The Balance of a Perfected Being
“The heart of a saint is like butter, but it’s not, because it melts for the sufferings of others, not only its own…” – Maharajji We have been through thousands
The Guru
The Difference Between Gurus and Teachers
The way we use the term ‘guru’ in the west (since we don’t understand it very well) is like a sort of ‘super teacher’. There are a lot of people that
The Guru
Video: Ram Dass on Being Love
How can we cultivate surrender? How can we develop a relationship to the Guru? In this 20 minute video, Ram Dass describes his relationship to his Guru, Maharaji, as a
Love & Compassion
Love Beyond Love
On one occasion, KK invited me to join him and his cousin ML in an evening drive out to Kainchi to deliver some lamps and supplies that had been purchased
The Guru
Jao!
The variations in Maharaji’s use of the word “jao” were infinite – from a bellow (sometimes preceded by “Ap [you]!”) for the recalcitrant to a tender, “Jao, Ma…” as he
The Guru
Krishna Das: Remarkable Encounters
If there is one day in a life that was the end of one thing and the beginning of another thing that was the day I met Ram Dass… Before
The Guru
The Touch of Grace
One day in 1968 Maharaji sent word that a group of nine of us would go for a ride in the Land Rover. After one stop at an apple orchard,
Death & Dying
The Great Escape
What was to be Maharajji’s final day at Kainchi was spent in darshan, kirtan, and prayers. Both Indian and Western devotees were gathered. Maharajji was asking after everyone at the temple
Death & Dying
Burden of Doubt
I was carrying a burden of doubt when I returned to India to see Maharaj-ji in 1970. In America there was a boy who had been my student who had
Ram Dass Gives Maharaji the “Yogi Medicine”
Ram Dass reflects on conscientiously dosing Maharaji with LSD In 1967 when I first came to India, I brought with me a supply of LSD, hoping to find someone who
The Guru
Remembering the Illusion
One day when we Westerners had been sent to the rear of the temple grounds, as was usual during the day, I decided (for sentimental reasons) to go upstairs in
Consciousness & Psychedelics
The Surrender to Consciousness
What I experienced at that time of meeting Maharaji, in fact, within those first few minutes of meeting him was the experience of surrender which was no surrender. In other
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Episode 24 – Rama Rama
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
The Guru
The Consciousness of Saints
Where do you feel that saints or realized beings fit into the evolution of consciousness, and what part do they play in the scheme of things, both inside the body
The Guru
Maharaji on Love
The following is an excerpt from a Ram Dass lecture from Listening Heart, Relationships, & Appreciating the Beloved from the Summer of 1989. It is his response to a question from an
Identity & Ego
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Episode 7 – The Veil
On this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass examines our perception of identity and asks us to look beyond the veil of illusion between our true selves
Love & Compassion
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Episode 6 – The Four Noble Truths
On this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass teaches the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and shares the lessons he was taught about overcoming desire while in India. Click
The Guru
Babaji’s Grace
One morning, Babaji began talking about pujas and prayers and going on pilgrimages. “Prayer and worship should be done by everyone, every day, as the highest obligatory duty to God; visiting
Relationships
When I Look at Relationships
Question: How can we maintain our own integrity or identity in a relationship, especially a close one, without compromising the integrity of others? Ram Dass: Which you do you want
Relationships
Who Isn’t Uncle Henry?
You look and you see another person, and you recognize them, and you feel like they are us. Every level below that, you see them as ‘them’ or I see
The Guru
The Way of the Guru, Part 2
Read Part 1 I could see that my guru had this power, this peace, this wisdom, this love, but it was hard for me to see it in myself. My
The Guru
The Way of the Guru, Part 1
When I first came back to America from India in 1967 I didn’t really talk much about the guru because it seemed so inappropriate for the west. For one thing,
I Am Loving Awareness
I Am Loving Awareness View the GAIAM Life Article HERE “I have a practice in which I say to myself, I am loving awareness.” To begin, I focus my attention in
Meditation & Mindfulness
Ram Dass Guided Meditation Practice
Guided Meditation with Ram Dass Bring your awareness to your breath. Just notice the breath. Either notice it going in and out of your nose or notice in rising and
Consciousness & Psychedelics
It’s Just a Matter of Timing
Many years ago I spent time with a Tibetan teacher, Trungpa Rinpoche. In an interview he suggested a meditation technique in which one expands one’s awareness outward. He suggested we
Death & Dying
Dying is Absolutely Safe – Awareness Beyond Death
People ask, “Do you believe that there is continuity after death?” And I say, “I don’t believe it. It just…