In 1977, the Lama Foundation decided that the Hanuman Foundation would get half of the money made by the book, so it could do more work to help people. The work was published as a pamphlet by the Lama Foundation. The book has been in print since it was first published, and has sold over one million copies. The book lists are divided into "Books to hang out with", "Books to visit with now & then", and "Books it's useful to have met". The last section, also titled "Painted Cakes Do Not Satisfy Hunger" contains a list of books on religion and spirituality. It has a lot of quotes from teachers of many different religions. The third section is a guide for starting on a yogic or spiritual path, and tells how to practice yoga and meditation. The second section, the largest, is a collection of metaphysical, spiritual and religious sayings, with pictures. He then writes about his first journey to India and his meeting with his Guru, or spiritual teacher, Neem Karoli Baba, and spiritual renaming as Baba Ram Dass, or "servant of god". The first section is about his life, his work as a psychologist, his research with Timothy Leary into Psychedelics at Harvard, and his anxiety when this research does not help him with his spiritual questions. "Cookbook for a Sacred Life: A Manual for Conscious Being"."From Bindu to Ojas: The Core Book" (Bindu is a Sanskrit word meaning "small dot".The title comes from what his guide in India, Bhagavan Das, used to tell him. Be Here Now is a 1971 book on spirituality by the spiritual teacher Ram Dass.
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