Ram Dass
Richard Alpert
1931-2019 • American
HinduismBhaktiNon-Dual / Advaita
American spiritual teacher who journeyed from Harvard psychology professor to beloved guru. Author of Be Here Now, he taught loving awareness and devotional service.
Key Works
- Be Here Now
- Talks and lectures
- Grist for the Mill
- Walking Each Other Home
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Quotes by Ram Dass
100 quotes“Your problem is you're too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
worthBe Here Now
“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can't see how it is.”
acceptanceBe Here Now
“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated.”
individualityBe Here Now
“Don't compare your insides to other people's outsides.”
comparisonPolishing the Mirror
“Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.”
wisdomPolishing the Mirror
“It is only through love that we can come to know each other.”
loveBe Here Now
“All spiritual practice is really about letting go.”
letting-goPolishing the Mirror
“Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.”
equanimityStill Here
“The most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.”
paradoxBe Here Now
“As long as you hold on to wanting something from another, you keep yourself from full appreciation of what they are.”
lovePolishing the Mirror
“The game is not about becoming somebody. It's about becoming nobody.”
egoBe Here Now
“Aging brings a new lens through which to see what we have always seen.”
agingStill Here
“Your work is to live your life in such a way that you can use this incarnation to come closer to truth.”
purposeBe Here Now
“It's not what you do; it's the spirit in which you do it.”
intentionBe Here Now
“The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart.”
heartPolishing the Mirror
“You have to be in awe.”
wonderBe Here Now
“My guru taught me three things: love everybody, serve everybody, and remember God.”
essencePolishing the Mirror
“In the awakened state, the simplest moments contain the entire universe.”
awakeningStill Here
“Be here now.”
presenceBe Here Now
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