Ram Dass’s Guru Didn’t Teach Much: Just This Simple Philosophy
A few words to live by.
I wrote an article recently about Neem Karoli Baba, Ram Dass’s guru, and his teaching that we are all one (here’s the link). He’d often say to his devotees, usually apropos of nothing, “sub ek,” which in Hindi means “all one.”
But he said something else, too. It was a direct and simple teaching on what his devotees’ main function was in the world. He would say:
“Love everyone, serve everyone and remember God.”
That’s it. That really was his main teaching. To see how powerful an impact this had on Ram Dass, look no further than the name of his foundation — the Love Serve Remember Foundation. (Check it out here.)
You can live your life by those words
So, what are we to make of that? As the title states, I think one could live according to this motto and forget everything else.
And by everything else, I mean all the myriad other paths out there. We can focus our lives on getting quiet inside, by practicing meditation, mindfulness, yoga and chanting, et al.
Or we can dive into the teaching of the Vedas and the Gita and the Upanishads and the Bible and on down the line.
