From his infamous Harvard days in the sixties with Dr. Timothy Leary, Ram Dass (aka Dr. Richard Alpert) has remained on of America's most sought after spiritual lecturers. His books, including the renowned Be Here Now and his most recent Still Here, are perennial best sellers. This new CD Meditations on the Gita is being released simultaneously with Ram Dass' latest book Living The Bhagavad-Gita: Paths To God (Random House). Meditations On The Gita features readings by Ram Dass from the revered Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita is renowned as the jewel of India's spiritual wisdom and is the definitive guide to self-realization and the nature of consciousness. Ram Dass writes in Living The Bhagavad-Gita that the Gita "has been commentaried more than any other book in history man. It is not really about moral law and social duty" but about how those goals verse attaining higher consciousness. It is about "coming into the spirit of becoming conscious." No wonder this modern Sadhu, this acclaimed teacher and seeker of spiritual insight and awareness would explore and open himself up to the Bhagavad-Gita and want to transmit it to us in these readings. Meditations On The Gita features musical compositions and accompaniment for John McDowell who has worked extensively with Krishna Das and performed and recorded with String, Rusted Root and his own group Mamma Tongue.

Country of origin : USA
No of Disks : 1
Author : Ram Dass