The Sambodh logo
Three arcs and three birds: the journey from finite to infinite consciousness.
The logo of Sambodh is made up of three arcs and three birds: two trapped within and one flying out.
The three arcs
The three arcs represent the three bodies — gross, subtle and causal — identifying with which the infinite consciousness has become finite.
The three birds
The finite consciousness is represented by the two birds trapped in samsara, the world of change, and struggling to come out. The trapped birds are a symbol of all kinds of duality: the seeker and the sought, God and the world, body and soul, good and bad, matter and spirit.
The bird flying out into the infinite space of consciousness stands for the enlightened and integrated person who has resolved all duality, and who has dis-identified with the three bodies as well as the three gunas — sattva, rajas and tamas.
The motto
uttiṣṭhata jāgrata nibodhata
Arise, awake and realise. The motto is taken from the Katha Upanishad. The exhortation is to awake from material slumber through a process of inquiry and discrimination.