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37 quotes by Ram Dass

Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931) is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, and for founding the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. He continues...
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Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's... →

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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of... →

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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

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Before the stroke, I was on a very spiritual plane. I ignored my body, took it for granted. When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of... →

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When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind of joy that is... →

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Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.

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I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, 'My god, he's going to... →

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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.

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From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of... →

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If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly... →

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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

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I can go all over the world with Skype.

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