Input (grade 12): Ram Dass, (born Richard Alpert on April 6, 1931), is an American contemporary spiritual teacher, and author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now.
Output (grade 6): Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), also known as Baba Ram Dass, is a spiritual teacher. He is the writer of Be Here Now, the bestseller book of 1971.