Sept 6 Ram Dass Lecture at UMass Dartmouth

[Guest guest]

>Bal Ram Singh <bsingh

>bsingh

>Ram Dass Lecture on Embracing Aging, Changing, & Dying," Labor

>Day, September 6 at 2-4:30 p.m, UMass Dartmouth

>Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:34:33 -0400

>

>Dear Friends,

>

>I am happy to forward the following press release from the University of

>Massachusetts sent out today for the lecture of Ram Dass who has become a

>legend in his own right on academic and philosophical presentations

>(lectures, books, and documentaries) on life. I hope many of you will be

>able to join the event.

>

>Regards,

>

>Bal Ram

>___

>

>For Immediate Release

>August 25, 2004

>Contact: Jerry Solfvin

>jsolfvin

>

>Ram Dass Lecture at UMASS Dartmouth September 6

>

>The Center for Indic Studies and The Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center of

>UMASS Dartmouth proudly present RAM DASS, in a special lecture, "Embracing

>Aging, Changing, & Dying," Labor Day, September 6 at 2-4:30 p.m. Tickets

>are available at all Strawberries locations or by contacting Alexis

>McLaughlin at The Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center 508.999.8843 or by

>email at gerontology. General Admission $15, UMD Staff $10 (ID

>required at door), Student/Senior $7.50 (ID required at door)

>

>Ram Dass has written a number of spiritual books including Be Here Now,

>published in 1971 (over one million copies sold, 37th printing, Crown

>Publishers); The Only Dance There Is (Anchor/ Doubleday); Grist for the

>Mill (with Stephen Levine, Celestial Arts); Journey of Awakening (Bantam

>Books); Miracle of Love: Stories of Neem Karoli Baba (Hanuman Foundation);

>How Can I Help? (with Paul Gorman, Knopf); Compassion in Action: Setting

>Out on the Path of Service (with Mirabai Bush, Bell Tower Press) and Still

>Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying (Riverhead Books). His latest

>book, One-Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life was published by Bell

>Tower Press in September, 2002. In September, 2004, Harmony will be

>publishing Ram Dass' next book, entitled Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad

>Gita.

>

>While a Harvard professor in 1961, Ram Dass, then known as Richard Alpert

>collaborated with Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Aldous Huxley, Allen

>Ginsberg, and others, to pursue intensive research with psychedelic

>chemicals. Because of the controversial nature of that research, Richard

>Alpert was dismissed from Harvard in 1963. In 1967 he traveled to India,

>met his Guru Neem Karoli Baba, studied yoga and meditation, and received

>the name Ram Dass, which means "servant of God." Since 1968, he has pursued

>a variety of spiritual practices, including guru kripa; devotional yoga

>focused on the Hindu spiritual figure Hanuman; meditation in the

>Theravadin, Mahayana Tibetan, and Zen Buddhist schools; karma yoga; and

>Sufi and Jewish studies.

>

>Now in his 70's, more than 5 years post-stroke, and confined to a

>wheelchair, Ram Dass brings a timely message about dealing with the

>realities of aging, illness, and death that is positive, hopeful, and

>practical. His wisdom, humor, charisma, and heartful stories are an event

>to be savored by all ages.

>

>Many of Ram Dass' books and tapes will be on sale and he will be available

>for signing. For more information email Jsolfvin or go to

>www.umassd.edu/indic or www.ramdasstapes.org.

>

>

>

>

>

>Bal Ram Singh, Ph.D.

>Director, Center for Indic Studies

>University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

>285 Old Westport Road

>Dartmouth, MA 02747

>

>Phone: 508-999-8588

>Fax: 508-999-8451

>Email: bsingh

>

>Internet address: http://www.umassd.edu/indic

 

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