Ep. 282 – Of Miracles and Maharaj-ji

Ram Dass Here And Now

Ram Dass / Love Serve Remember

Ram Dass, Religion & Spirituality, Newage, Wisdom, Society & Culture, Ram, Ramdass, Hinduism, Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this recording from 1978, Ram Dass reads stories about his guru, Maharaj-ji, and his many miracles. We invite you to set aside your analytical mind and simply enjoy these miracles of love.

This episode of Here and Now is from a recording of Ram Dass at the Lama Foundation in June of 1978. Here, he reads stories from the manuscript of Miracle of Love, which would be published about a year later.

Ram Dass begins by reading one of his own stories about Maharaj-ji, which involves a dead bird coming back to life. This was one of many experiences that overwhelmed Ram Dass’ analytical mind.
Next, Ram Dass reads a series of stories from some of Maharaj-ji’s oldest devotees. He dealt with each person in a unique fashion and would often touch places of the deepest love within people.
Ram Dass slips in a story about another great Indian saint, Ramana Maharshi. He then turns back to Maharaj-ji stories, focusing on miracles around food. Maharaj-ji said, “We have an inner thirst for food. We don’t know of it. Even if you don’t feel you could eat, your soul has a thirst for food.”

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“You see why it’s peculiar to live in a culture like India, where all of these events are sort of like everyday occurrences. In the villages we live in, in the mountains, every family has dozens of these stories, and they just sit by the fire of the evening telling them. To come back to the West, where these stories are thought to be ‘miracles,’ is very confusing sometimes, difficult to integrate.” – Ram Dass

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1:07.7	Thank you. You see why it's You see why it's peculiar to live in a culture like India, where all of these events are sort of like everyday occurrences.
1:25.6	In the villages we live in in the mountains, every family has dozens
1:30.3	of these stories and they just sit by the fire of evenings telling them. To come back to the
1:38.3	west where these are thought to be, quote, miracles is very confusing sometimes, difficult to integrate.
1:52.1	Welcome back to another episode of Here and Now with Rom D'Rondas.
1:57.3	I'm your host, Jackie D'Prinzka, and you, yes, each one of you are part of this beautiful
2:03.6	community, stretched across time and space, bound by the teachings of love and awakening,
2:12.6	taught by Ram Dass. And some of us have a deep connection to Ram Dass, and some of us have a deep connection
2:21.1	to his teacher, but he used to joke that he was just the worm. He was the tasty little morsel
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