Ram Dass Quotes


The greatest thing you can do for another being is to provide the unconditional love that comes from making contact with that place in them that is beyond conditions, which is just pure consciousness, pure essence. That is, once we acknowledge each other as existing, just being here, just being, then each of us is free to change optimally. If I can just love you because here we are, then you are free to grow as you need to grow.


Citations

Dass, Ram, and Paul Gorman. How Can I Help? Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

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Ram Dass
Ram Dass
  • Born: April 6, 1931
  • Died: December 22, 2019
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Spiritual Teacher In Lineage Neem Karoli Baba, Author

Ram Dass, also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author. His widely known book, Be Here Now (1971), has been described as "seminal", and helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga with the baby boomer generation in the West. He authored or co-authored twelve more books on spirituality over the next four decades, including Grist for the Mill (1977), How Can I Help? (1985), and Polishing the Mirror (2013).