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Re:Ram Dass has died by zaph0d on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:39AM (#21863243)
Maharajji's (Neem Karoli Baba) only possession was a blanket and he was living in a remote village in North India in the 60's. There is little chance that he had access to the drugs you mentioned.

And the LSD that was carried by Ram Dass was made by Sandoz, arguably the purest LSD that you could ever get.

May be reading Ram Dass' account of the event in _Be Here Now_ will provide some much needed context.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by quickthrowman on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:40AM (#21863250)
An anecdote being published in a book doesn’t make it true.
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Re:Ram Dass has died by abiro on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:36AM (#21863482)
When you read about Indian holy men, don’t take things literally. Instead, appreciate the message of the story
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Re:Ram Dass has died by armitron on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:02AM (#21863332)
Correct and one should also point out that the field of yogis, spiritual teachers and holy men is full of fraudsters and charlatans.

That people seem willing to give unwarranted credit to some famous guy's claims does not invalidate your point. Ram Dass has said and written a lot of nonsense.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by mistrial9 on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:55AM (#21864409)
It is worth more than a downvote to mention here .. even if what you say is completely accurate, it is not the right time to say this, for really a lot of reasons

To address the content of your ill-timed comment, I enjoyed the book "Holy Madness" by Georg Feurstein. Details on request...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Feuerstein

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