Ram Dass Books Timeline
Over the years Ram Dass has authored many books on consciousness, love, service, devotion, and the spiritual path.
This page is a dedicated timeline that displays all of Ram Dass’ books in chronological order. From the 1960s to 2010’s Ram Dass is Here and Now through his many books on consciousness, love, and spiritual practice.
- October 12, 1971
- January 12, 1974
- November 1, 1977
- July 11, 1978
- July 25, 1979
- March 12, 1985
- January 1, 1992
- April 27, 2000
- October 24, 2004
- November 1, 2010
- August 1, 2013
- December 15, 2017
- January 1, 2018
- September 11, 2018
- January 12, 2021
- August 1, 2021
- November 23, 2021
This is a little bit deceiving as Ram Dass technically didn’t author Cookbook or Changing. Nothing wrong with what you’ve got going here, just wanted to point it out in case anyone else is trying to collect his bibliography!
Hi Scott!
We felt it was appropriate to include all Ram Dass books on the timeline, including those his foundation compiled that features his teachings. Although he didn’t sit down and write Cookbook or Changing Lenses, all of the content within each book comes directly from Ram Dass and his archival teachings and lectures.
I want to read the Bhagavad Gita? What version do you recommend?
Hi Kimberly, Ram Dass always liked the version by Ecknath Easwaran.
If one wanted to get the most expansive introduction to the overall teaching Ram Dass was here to convey, which book would one recommend to start with first? Or to put it another way if I could only read one book, which one would it be?
Hi Nira, I’d recommend “Be Love Now” or “Polishing the Mirror” as a good introduction to Ram Dass’s life and teachings… there are some others that focus on specific topics of service, psychedelics, death & dying, etc, but I feel those two books are good representations of his overall body of teachings. Enjoy!
Hi Viktor here! I was wondering a question for you People of Love Serve Remember Foundation.
Which version of Tibetan book of the Dead would the Foundation and Ram Dass recommend do you think?
Much Love from Sweden
Thank you all so much! He was the best.
Mark