Ram Dass, a gay man who epitomized the countercultural psychedelic 1960s and later became a bestselling New Age guru, died December 22 at his home on Maui, Hawaii. He was 88, and surrounded by loved ...

In the realms of spirituality and self-discovery, few figures stand out as vividly as Ram Dass. Born Richard Alpert, Ram Dass’s journey from a Harvard psychologist to a spiritual guru profoundly ...

A million years ago I worked in the Public Relations Department at Boston University. At the time there were 72 schools and colleges flourishing in the Greater Boston area, all bombarding the Boston ...

When as an undergraduate student in psychology and a ‘fresh-of-the-boat’ immigrant from India in early 1970s I read Be Here Now, I was gripped by the simplicity and profundity of the author’s voice.[1 ...