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In Memoriam on My 76Th Birthday IN MEMORIAM ON MY 76TH BIRTHDAY Let’s see, the people I’ve met or had their darshan ... Name/Rating 1-5/Comment 1. Stokely Carmichael 5 FIRST FRIEND, COINED ‘BLACK POWER’, JR. HIGH 2. Allen Ginsberg 5 POETRY MENTOR 60’S 3. Anne Waldman 3 FRIEND POETRY 4. Chogyam Trungpa -5 STUDIED WITH HIM, ASSHOLE 5. Bob Dylan 1 MET HIM WITH ALLEN 6. Ed Sanders 5 POETRY FRIEND RASCAL, NOW FAMOUS 7. Gregory Corso 2 HUNG AROUND BOWERY 8. Jack Kerouac 1 MET ONCE WITH ALLEN 9. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1 MET IN SF 10. Peter Orlovsky 4 HUNG WITH ALLEN MANY TIMES, NY AND CATSKILLS 11. Diane Di Prima 2 POETRY READINGS BOWERY 12. Ted Joans 1 POETRY CIRCLE 13. Tuli Kupferberg 1 POETRY CIRCLE 14. Philip Lamantia 2 ATHENS POET FRIEND 15. Harold Norse 2 ATHENS POET FRIEND 16. Kay Johnson 3 ATHENS HELPFUL POET FRIEND 17. Alan Watts 2 HUNG OUT AT HOME MARIN 18. The Chambers Brothers 3 HUNG OUT NYC AND PARIS, SMOKED TOGETHER 19. Ted Berrigan 4 POETRY CIRCLE BOWERY 20. Gerard Malanga 5 POETRY/WARHOL, CLOSE FRIEND VILLAGE 21. Andy Warhol 1 CASUALLY/AT LOFT/GLAD NOT TOO CLOSE 22. Rene Ricard 4 MANY FUN TIMES TOGETHER 23. Dan Richter 5 ATHENS RESIDU MAGAZINE, HAWAII 24. Paul Morrisey 1 WARHOL SCENE 25. Shivapuri Baba Kathmandu 5 #2 GURU (astral) 1965 26. Renu Lal Singh (Press Secretary 4 TOOK CARE OF ME NEPAL to King Nepal 27. Man Mohan Singh (Retired 4 TOOK CARE OF ME NEPAL Ambassador to UK, Nepal) 28. Ananda Mayee Ma 5 FAMOUS SAINT, MET 1965, GAVE ME CHOCOLATE KISS, SAW MANY TIMES AFTER 29. Tatwalla Baba 4 1965 RISHIKESH, HUNG OUT 30. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 5 LIVED WITH HIM 1965 BEFORE BEATLES, CALLED ME BRAHMACHARI GYANENDRA 31. Neem Karoli Baba (MAHARAJI) 5 #1 GURU 32. Ram Dass 5 SPIRITUAL MENTOR INDIA,USA. HAWAII, DID ‘INSIDE OUT’ FOR HIM 33. Krishna Das 5 WITH MAHARAJI, CLOSE FRIEND 34. Dr. Dan Goleman (Jagganath 4 Maharaji brother from India Das) 35. KK Sah 5 Maharaji friend India 36. Siddhi Ma 3 DIED, Maharaji 37. Hari Dass Baba 1 Old Maharaji disciple 38. Shelly Adelson 2 Comdex show owner, IBM contact 39. Don Estridge (IBM) 3 IBM president Boca Raton job 40. Larry Brilliant 4 Dr., Maharaji 41. Wozniak 1 High School son 42. Ruspoli Rodriguez 3 ‘Hair’ show poster 43. John Bush 5 Dharmaseal, Maharaji 44. Mirabai Bush 5 Maharaji 45. Rameshwar Das 5 Maharaji, author somewhat 46. Frédérick Leboyer 4 Famous birthing doctor 47. Swami Muktananda 5 Difficult relationship, India guru 48. Bhagavan Das Took to India 49. Denise de Casabianca 5 French film editor, girlfriend 50. Barbet Schroeder 5 French friend Paris, films 51. Pink Floyd 1 ‘More’ film soundtrack, met Paris 52. Bo Lozoff 5 Inside Out 53. Sita Lozoff 5 Inside Out, Prison Ashram Project 54. Dr. Dale Borglum 5 Maharaji, dying project 55. Joya 1 Loser, Ram Dass teacher 56. Hilda Charlton 1 Loser, Ram Dass teacher 57. Seymour Rubinstein 5 President MicroPro 58. Akash Deshpande 5 Owner, Teja 59. Michael Broffman 5 Acupunctue clinic Marin 60. Kalu Rimpoche 3 Lama 61. Karmapa (deceased) 2 Lama 62. Raihana Tyabji 5 Sufi saint from India, guide 63. AC Bhaktivedanta 1 Met with Allen Ginsberg 64. Rajneesh 1 Talks in Bombay 65. Krishnamurti 1 LA talk 66. Dudjom Rinpoche 1 Lama 67. Grandpa Joe 5 Peyote guru, Taos 68. John of God 2 Now disgraced, medium 69. Dalai Lama 2 Saw many times, good ideas 70. Ammaji 3 Many hugs 71. Dr. Tanmay Goswami India 4 TV show 72. Richard Josephson 5 Writer 73. Wayne Dyer 2 Writer, Maui, Ram Dass friend 74. Alan Cohen 3 Maui author 75. Warren Sonbert 5 Dead, my first acting film 76. Dada Mukerjee 5 Maharaji closest disciple 77. Barbara Durkee 5 Lama Foundation 78. Jai Uttal 5 Songs 79. Dr. Peter Goetsch 5 Maharaji photos best 80. Annapurna Broffman 5 Maharaji lady 81. Tim Leary 2 Lunch 82. Raghu Markus 5 Maharaji 83. Parvati Markus 5 Maharaji 84. The Little Tramp (IBM) 5 Comdex shows 85. Gary Zukav 5 Spiritual author 86. Bruce Margolin 5 Maharaji 87. John Welshons 5 Spiritual author 88. Ken Brown (Sonoma Mayor) 5 Cousin 89. Maui Council Member Elle 4 TV friend Maui Cochran 90. VEN. DR. 4 Monk PHRAKHRUPAIBOONJETIYANU RAK (Chiang Mai Abbot) 91. Lama Tsultrim Allione 4 Early days 92. Eric Utne 5 New Age Journal 93. Peggy Taylor Utne 5 New Age Journal 94. Linda Francis 5 Gary Zukav wife, author 95. Michael Honack 3 Maui 96. Krishna Kant Shukla 5 Indian singer 97. Paul Singer 5 Maharaji, lawyer 98. Doctor B.C. Budhacharan 3 Chiang Mai TM 99. Richard Cohen (Washington 3 writer Post/Hunter College) 100. Serene 5 Ex-wife, ‘Midnight Cowboy’, model 101. Midnight Cowboy Set 2 Dustin Hoffman, Warhol set Actors .
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