Be Here Now (book)

This article is about the 1971 book. For the 1973 George Harrison song, see Be Here Now (George Harrison song). For the 1997 Oasis album, see Be Here Now (album).
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 title since 1971 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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  3. ^ Nickel, Tom (February 8, 2020). "Book Club Guide: BE HERE NOW". Medium.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  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.