Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931) is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, and for founding the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. He continues to teach via his website.
Tufts University, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Williston Northampton School
Nationality
American
Children
Peter Reichard
Parents
George Alpert
Siblings
William Alpert
Movies
Ram Dass Fierce Grace, Hofmann's Potion, 1 Giant Leap, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
1
Learned at age 78 that he had fathered a son, Peter Reichard, while attending Stanford University 53 years earlier. Peter was the product of a brief affair Ram Dass had with a fellow grad student named Karen Saum.
2
In 1997, suffered a semi-paralyzing stroke that left him wheelchair bound.
3
Co-founded The Seva Foundation. The fees from his writing and lecturing helped finance the organization.
4
Was a Harvard professor who worked with Timothy Leary exploring the psychological effects of LSD and other psychedelic substances. Later traveled to India, where he met the guru Maharaji, who gave him the name "Ram Dass." Ram Dass means "Servant of God" in Hindi.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Facing Death... with Open Eyes
2008
Short
Writer / lecturer
Wormwood
2001
Gardner (as Richard Alpert)
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Professor
1962
dressman
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Joy Burn
2014
very special thanks
Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh
1998
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walking Each Other Home
2017
Documentary post-production
Children of the Revolution: Tune Back In
Documentary completed
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Documentary filming
Himself
The Reality of Truth
2016
Documentary
Himself
Origins
2014/III
Documentary short
American Yogi
2014
Documentary
Himself
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
2014
Documentary
Himself
One
2013
TV Series
Himself
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
2012
Documentary
Himself
Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
2011
Documentary
Huxley on Huxley
2009
Documentary
Himself
One Giant Leap 2: What About Me?
2008
Video documentary
Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
Documentary
Himself
One: The Movie
2005
Documentary
Himself
Spirituality & Rehabilitation: A Day with Ram Dass
2005
Video documentary
Himself
Hofmann's Potion
2002
Documentary
Himself
1 Giant Leap
2002
Documentary
Himself
Ram Dass, Fierce Grace
2001
Documentary
Himself
Timothy Leary's Dead
1996
Documentary
Himself (as Dr. Richard Alpert)
Visions of a New World
1995
Video documentary
Himself
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
1994
Documentary
Himself
A Change of Heart with Ram Dass
1994
Himself
The Full Wax
1993
TV Series
Himself
Coming of Age: Brain Storms
1993
TV Movie
Himself - Psychologist
Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document
1990
Video documentary
Himself
The Levin Interviews
1980
TV Series
Himself
Aliens from Spaceship Earth
1977
Documentary
Himself (as Baba Ram Dass)
Sunseed
1973
Documentary
Himself
Walden
1969
Documentary
Wedding 1968
1968
Himself (narration)
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Documentary
Himself - Clinical Psychologist (as Richard Alpert)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011
Documentary
Himself
Fellow Travelers
2008
Documentary short
Himself
Known for movies
Ram Dass, Fierce Grace (2001) as Himself
One (2013) as Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008) as Himself
Mondo Hollywood (1967) as Himself - Clinical Psychologist
$1.1 Million
