Why people recommend it
Be Here Now by Ram Dass is a seminal spiritual guide focused on meditation, yoga, and mindfulness that helped introduce Eastern philosophy to the Western counterculture of the 1970s. On Conversations with Tyler, Donald S. Lopez Jr. recalled reading this book during his youth in the 1970s when very few similar texts were readily available. On The Daily Stoic, Rick Rubin mentioned Ram Dass's book while discussing how timeless ancient wisdom gets successfully repackaged and applied across different generations, from the 1960s up to the present day. Additionally, Robert Evans discussed Be Here Now on Behind the Bastards as a major early formative influence on Steve Jobs, noting that both Jobs and his associates shared a deep appreciation for the text as a guide to meditation and psychedelic exploration during their formative years.
Who recommended it
- Donald S. Lopez Jr. Discussed
- Rick Rubin Discussed
- Robert Evans Discussed
Donald S. Lopez Jr. — 1 mention
“There wasn't much to read then. There was like be here now by Ramdas, Tibetan book of the dead that you mentioned, works of DT Suzuki on Zen.”
Rick Rubin — 1 mention
“and and perfectly for the time like in the '60s Ramdas wrote be here now it's ancient teachings but it applied to the ' 60s and through now till now...”
Robert Evans — 1 mention
“for a while Steve's biggest influence is a book that they both love called be here now which is a guide to meditation and psychedelic drugs”