Ram Dass

Biography

Ram Dass was a renowned American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, and psychologist who popularized Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West with his bestselling book "Be Here Now". He conducted groundbreaking research on psychedelic drugs with Timothy Leary at Harvard University and assisted Walter Pahnke's "Good Friday Experiment", leading to controversy and dismissal. After traveling to India, he became a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba.