Ep. 278 – Parvati Markus
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
Be Here Now Network
4.6 • 682 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
For episode 278, Sharon sits down with author and friend, Parvati Markus, the editor of the new Ram Dass book, “There is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness.”
Parvati is a developmental editor who has been midwifing non-fiction books and memoirs since her first efforts with Ram Dass’s classic Be Here Now. She serves on the Board of Advisors for the Love Serve Remember Foundation and has helped with many other spiritual organizations and events. Parvati is also the author of numerous books, including Whisper in the Heart and Love Everyone. This is Parvati’s first appearance on the Metta Hour.
In this conversation, Parvati and Sharon speak about:
- How Parvati found her path
- Meeting Neem Karoli Baba
- Ram Dass and Parvati’s friendship
- Parvati’s contribution to “Be Here Now”
- The inspiration for “There is No Other”
- Moving past “us” and “them”
- Balancing real life & spiritual life
- Substituting noticing for judging
- Neem Karoli Baba’s directive of service
- Ram Dass learning to accept help
- Moving from Role to Soul
- How to be here now in times of difficulty
- Community as the future Buddha
- Joseph Goldstein’s fateful meeting with Ram Dass
- What is Loving Awareness
- Ram Dass’s final public appearance
This episode closes with a guided meditation from Ram Dass that invites us to let go of the heaviness of confusion and our rigid models of who we are and how it is.
Learn more about Parvati’s many book projects right here and get yourself a copy of Ram Dass’s new book “There is No Other” right here in hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're ready for some meditation in the new year, Sharon Salzberg has you covered. |
| 0:08.1 | Starting February 1st, she's offering a month of guided meditations, both for new and existing students. |
| 0:17.8 | All on a sliding scale. You can sign up for the challenge at Sharon Salzburg.com. |
| 0:44.7 | Hello, and welcome to the Metta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm Lily Cushman. I produce this podcast. And today we are returning with episode 278. |
| 0:57.5 | Sharon sitting down with author and friend, Parvati Marcus. |
| 0:59.8 | Parvati is the editor of the new Ram Dass book. |
| 1:03.7 | There is no other, the way to harmony and wholeness. |
| 1:09.6 | If you don't know Parvati, |
| 1:14.7 | she's a big part of the Ram Dass community. |
| 1:19.2 | She is an amazing author and developmental editor, |
| 1:23.0 | and she's been midwifing nonfiction books, |
| 1:26.3 | mostly of the spiritually leaning variety. |
| 1:29.3 | Ever since her first effort in that realm when she worked on Ram Dass's classic book, Be Here Now. |
| 1:35.3 | Parvati also serves on the board of advisors for the Love, Serve Remember Foundation, |
| 1:41.3 | which is Ram Dass's archive. So it's a real joy to have Parvati with us today |
| 1:48.5 | and invoking the spirit, the teachings, the memory of Ram Dass. She shares about how she |
| 1:57.3 | first found her spiritual path, and she's one of the rare people who are in the |
| 2:03.6 | M-TM-M-T-Met-the-Man club in the Ram Dass community, meaning that she met Neme Kroly Baba, |
| 2:11.6 | also known as Maharaji, and spent significant time with him. |
| 2:16.6 | Her and Sharon go on to talk about the inspiration for this new book. |
| 2:21.3 | There is no other, and the teachings that Ram Dass offers in the book about how we can move out of an us versus them mindset. |
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