“The Blind album itself was more drum and rhythm-centric and I really enjoyed that.” Quote by Reed Mullin
“Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the One, the Baba, Holy Man, mendicant, he didn't speak English. We talked to him and it was hard to know him, he was an ancient holy man and I was a 21 year old seeker. So I never knew what was going on, I mean I don't really know what's going on now, my guess work is a little better perhaps.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsMeanLittlesHardSpeakHolyIndiaAncientEducatedSpokesSeekersKrishnaBabaInterpreterSpeak EnglishRamsHoly Man Author:Surya Das
“Pledge Allegiance was a pretty generic name back in the day. In the 80's I was the promoter for all the punk rock shows and I'd book Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Minor Threat etc and I'd hook them up with places to stay if needed so it's hard to keep track of it all.” IfsBookHardShowsNamesBlackRocksNeededThreatTrackEtcFlagsPunkMinorsHookPledgeAllegiancePunk RockBack In The DayGenericPromotersGeneric Name Author:Reed Mullin
“I always thought he gave me that name because I have a kind of outgoing or sunny disposition. And in those days I was kinda blonde and bearded and had an afro and was bushy like a sun. So I don't know, he named me Surya Das but who knows.” KnowsKindNamesSunDispositionSunnyBlondeOutgoingAfrosSunny Disposition Author:Surya Das
“Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? Is Krishna Das more Krishna like and Ram Dass more Ram-like? Maybe... why not? We grow into our names. But why did my parents named me Jeffrey and my brother Michael? Who knows?” KnowsNamesGrowsParentBrotherVicesMy BrotherWhy NotVice VersaKrishnaRams Author:Surya Das
“Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce, that they didn't like. They wanted to give their names back, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't transactional. He would name some people and say 'you're married', and then they were married, but you know it wasn't really transactional.” PeopleKnowsGivingLongWantedRememberNamesBrotherMarriedObscureDharma Author:Surya Das
“Mahar-jji used to say 'wherever the Satsang gets together, I am there', kind of echoing Jesus' statement: wherever two or more of you get together in my name, I am there. So Maharaj-ji was a universal part of the spirit in that way. He's always with me, here. He's with whoever is with him. Not only just me.” WayKindTwoTogetherUsedSpiritJesusNamesUniversalStatementsGet TogetherSatsang Author:Surya Das
“I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college, but he had so much love. To be with him, there was nowhere else to be and nothing else to do. Nothing he taught, philosophy or meditation, are the things I went to India to look for, or was interested in, but he sort of jumped into my heart and then pulled, he pried it open.” LooksHeartPhilosophyWantedMeditationTaughtCollegeMy HeartIndiaBackgroundsPsychologicalBuddhistGuruMuch LoveBuddhist Philosophy Author:Surya Das
“Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know... whatever, right on, radicals and world changers, social peaceniks perhaps, with a Buddhist spiritual veneer.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsSpiritualSocialBuddhistRadicalPsychedelicRelicsVeneer Author:Surya Das
“But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse, so it's good to think about what kind of veneer you shellac yourself with. How superficial it may seep into your skin and into your blood stream and totally take over your heart, your brain, everything.” ThinkingKnowsHeartKindMayDoeBrainBloodSkinsStreamsOver YouChemicalsSuperficialVeneer Author:Surya Das
“Spiritual joy is devotion, it's like a virus you know? It's a benevolent virus, but it spreads. It's infectious. Ram Dass was like a mentor in those days.” KnowsSpiritualJoySpreadDevotionMentorVirusesBenevolentRamsSpiritual Joy Author:Surya Das