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Re:Ram Dass has died by neonate on Monday December 23, 2019 @03:11PM (#21866896)
> Dass bounced around between gurus that exploited women and men before returning to the US to do much the same.

The book "Saints and Psychopaths" talks about a case where Ram Dass was following an explotative guru in the US in the late 70s. I thought it was interesting that he was still doing that then, and also that the story isn't so well known.

But what do you mean by "the lies over the years"? He never struck me as a liar.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by kilroy_jones on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:25PM (#21868808)
Perhaps lies is not the best word in this case. Is there a word in English for someone that gives advice knowing that they themselves are not qualified to do so? Like if I were to confidently give you medical advice despite not being a doctor. Putting on a façade?
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Re:Ram Dass has died by conceptpad on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:30PM (#21869113)
Charlatan
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Re:Ram Dass has died by stjohnswarts on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:13PM (#21869809)
Quack.
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