Dear Friends,

Ram Dass is still here now, bridging oceans and generations with his wisdom. Maharaji once said, “You can plan for 500 years but you don’t know what will happen the next moment.” That was true when Ram Dass had a major stroke a decade ago and it remains so today! A group of us close to Ram Dass are coordinating efforts to support his teachings and make them more available to the public. Now we need your support, too.

We have put together a new foundation called Love Serve Remember. It will disseminate the spiritual teachings of Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass. It will support Ram Dass’ current online teaching (at www.ramdass.org) and archive and digitize his lectures and writings so they will be more widely available. LSR also sponsors residential Ram Dass retreats in Hawaii, satsang gatherings, webcasts, and online dialogs with other teachers to keep the spiritual channel open to Ram Dass. For more information on the foundation, click here.

Most important, Love Serve Remember will create a supportive and sustainable environment for Ram Dass to write and teach in ways appropriate to his time of life. Although his health no longer permits him to travel and lecture, Ram Dass still has the unique ability to bring his yoga of the heart to issues of aging, death, and joyful acceptance of life as it is. Now we want to enable him to do what he does best -- teaching with individuals or small groups in person in a quiet setting and online. This is the kind of teaching that we all have come to appreciate. The bottom line (as it were) is that to do it we need your help.

As you probably know, Ram Dass is living in Hawaii in a house bought by a friend who has said that Ram Dass can stay there as long as he lives. LSR Foundation pays rent to cover part of the monthly mortgage. Lifts have been installed to make the new house accessible. It also holds an office for LSR, which organizes his retreats with Krishna Das and others, satsang gatherings, and his online webcasts. We have created a comfortable guest space next to the house, where Ram Dass will supervise individual retreats that we hope will help cover part of the substantial rent. Seekers from around the world can visit Ram Dass and enjoy the extraordinary peace and tranquility of Maui.

Increasingly, most of Ram Dass’s teaching will be through the website, expanding the heart of cyberspace. Eventually, contributions through the site will make Ram Dass’s public teaching self-sustaining. (Please visit www.ramdass.org and enjoy its wealth of content.) We also hope to motivate thousands of friends and devotees on My Space and Facebook, Obama-style, to join the online satsang. But until that stream is flowing, we need your help ….

Hanuman, the monkey god, is the perfect embodiment of service and love as he jumps across the ocean of samsara. Please be part of this great Hanuman moment—take the leap!

With deep love and appreciation,

Raghvindra Das/Mitchell Markus, President
Mirabai Bush, Treasurer
Rameshwar Das/ James Lytton, Secretary/Vice-president
Gopal/ Paul Singer, Esq.

Board of Directors, Love Serve Remember Foundation:

Raghvindra Das Markus, President
Mirabai Bush, Treasurer
Rameshwar Das Lytton, Secretary/Vice-president
Gopal/ Paul Singer, Esq.

LSR has received its 501(c)(3) non-profit designation from the IRS and contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. Electronic transfer information is available on request, and donations may also be made by credit card by visiting here. Send checks to LSR Foundation, 23852 PCH # 762, Malibu, Ca 90265. For more information, LSR@ramdass.org

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