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RAM DASS: FIERCE GRACE -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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and two young Hassids were walking across. And one said, "Excuse me, you are Ram Dass." I said, "Yeah." He said, "You know, your 'Be Here Now' is what reason I'm a Hassid now."
[Rabbi Avraham Novick] I first came encounter with Ram Dass in high school in the 70s when somebody -- a friend -- gave me the book "Be Here Now,"
and thought I might find it interesting in light of some of the shared experiences we had had. [Mickey Lemle] And what were those shared experiences? [Rabbi Avraham Novick] LSD experiences.
[Ram Dass] Once, in Thailand, I was in a Buddhist monastery,
and two Westerners in Buddhist outfit, and one of them says, "You know, 'Be Here Now,' it's why I'm a Buddhist monk."
And, uh -- yeah.
[Dr. Larry Brilliant, Co-Founder of the SEVA Foundation] There was a time when so many Western seekers went to India in search of the truth.
Many experienced something which transformed them forever. |
