Namaste! – Lama – Origin – Core Book – Our Story – Cookbook – Cakes – Gurus – Quotes – Record – Box – Posters
Ram Dass explains the origin of the title, From Bindu to Ojas: “Bindu is sexual energy and Ojas is spiritual energy and it’s the transformation of energy within the body through the conversion of a form of energy… it’s called the raising of kundalini.” – From Baba Ram Dass lecture at the Menninger Foundation, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology Vol. 2, No. 2 (1970)
From Nooruddeen Durkee: As we were working on the cover of the core book, FBTO, Ram Dass thought the mandala was too esoteric by itself, so he decided to add a kitchen chair to make the picture more understandable and easier for a person to relate to.
Note string on side changed Beautiful Mandala Paste Down is correct position. In Be Here Now changed to “…This Book…” Often missing original pastedown. Original Lama Artwork. Last brown page in Be Here Now. Missing strings so pages re-ordered for display. Pastedown is upside down! Repasting not done great
The words in the brown section come from lectures Ram Dass gave at the Sculpture Studio in NYC. A court stenographer voluntarily transcribed all the lectures placed the pile of paper in a box they went with Ram Dass to California. A curious rider asked about them, and asked if it was ok, to look through. RD said sure. Then over time and traveling to Lama Foundation, a team collaboration assembled these special pages.
