Be Here Now (book)

Be Here Now
Remember, Be Here Now.
AuthorRam Dass
SubjectSpirituality, yoga
PublisherLama Foundation,
San Cristobal, New Mexico
Publication date
1971
ISBN978-0-517-54305-4
OCLC141386598

Be Here Now, or Remember, Be Here Now, is a 1971 book on spirituality, yoga, and meditation by the American yogi and spiritual teacher Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert).[1][2][3] The core book was first printed in 1970 as From Bindu to Ojas and its current title comes from a statement his guide, Bhagavan Das, made during Ram Dass's journeys in India. The cover features a mandala incorporating the title, a chair, radial lines, and the word "Remember" repeated four times.

Be Here Now has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal",[2][4][5][6][7] and helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga with the baby boomer generation in the West.[8]

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  4. ^ Nickel, Tom (February 8, 2020). "Book Club Guide: BE HERE NOW". Medium.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Friedman, Roger (December 23, 2019). "Ram Dass, aka Richard Alpert, Psychedelic Pioneer and Spiritual Teacher, Author of "Be Here Now," Dies at Age 88". Showbiz 411. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Hahn, Rachel (May 29, 2019). "Is Lil Uzi Vert a Ram Dass Devotee?". Vogue. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Pickering, Lucy (2018). "Time-rich: 1960s counterculture and time as affluence in a dropout community in Hawaiʻi". Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 8 (3). University of Chicago: 625–639. doi:10.1086/701025. S2CID 149534872. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  8. ^ Harvey, Andrew; Erickson, Karuna (2010). Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-58394-291-8.