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A record of Gurudev's programmes in India since 2001, the Sambodh scholarships for children, messages from 2016, and the flyers and brochures of past events. For recent news, see News & programmes.

Gurudev's programmes in India, year by year

Every year from December to April, Gurudev travels across India — the annual tour known as Rishi Vision: Gita Jnana Yajnas, Upanishad camps, management seminars, memorial lectures and satsangs at the Sambodh centres. Tap a year to see its programme.

2019–2020 · 2018–2019 · 2016–2017 · 2015–2016 · 2014–2015 · 2013–2014 · 2012–2013 · 2011–2012 · 2010–2011 · 2009–2010 · 2008–2009 · 2007–2008 · 2006–2007 · 2005–2006 · 2004–2005 · 2003–2004 · 2002–2003 · 2001–2002

Pujya Gurudev in India — darshan, lectures and satsangs

2019 – 2020

  • From June 2019Bangalore — Programmes for children and young adults to learn the Panchatantra and other Indian philosophical texts, Sambodh Bangalore
  • 13 Dec 2019 – 5 Jan 2020Bangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 6 Jan – 12 FebKerala — Programmes in Kerala
  • 13–16 FebBangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 16–22 FebAhmedabad — Annual lecture series, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 23 Feb – MarchNew Delhi — Programmes of Sambodh Foundation, New Delhi
  • 8–14 AprBangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
Pujya Gurudev in India — darshan, lectures and satsangs

2018 – 2019

Gurudev with devotees in New Delhi, December 2018
  • 7–16 Dec 2018New Delhi — Programmes of Sambodh Foundation, New Delhi; a pranam of welcome to Gurudev (12 Dec) — pictures
  • 17–19 DecMumbai — Programmes of Sambodh Mumbai
  • 20 Dec – 3 Jan 2019Bangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 4 Jan – 18 FebKerala — Programmes in Kerala
  • FebruaryAhmedabad — Annual lecture series, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • MarchNew Delhi — Programmes of Sambodh Foundation, New Delhi
  • AprilBangalore — Pujya Gurudev's holy presence and lecture programmes at the Bangalore Sambodh Centre — details
Programmes in India

2016 – 2017

Programmes in India, with Rishi Vision in Kerala

2015 – 2016

  • 13–16 Dec 2015New Delhi — Programmes of Sambodh Foundation, New Delhi
  • 17–24 DecBangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 25 Dec – 24 Jan 2016Kerala — Rishi Vision in Kerala — Ernakulam (25–29 Dec), Thiruvananthapuram (30 Dec – 2 Jan), Kollam (3–4 Jan), Thiruvananthapuram (5–10 Jan), Thrissur (11–12 Jan), Palakkad (13–15 Jan), Thiruvilwamala (16 Jan), Kozhikode (17–18 Jan), Wayanad (19–20 Jan) and Thiruvananthapuram (21–24 Jan), with the Silver Jubilee of Bodhananda Seva Society — programme flyer
  • 27 Jan – 4 FebAhmedabad — Lecture series “Indian Philosophy for Self-management and Leadership Development” — flyer · videos
  • 2–9 FebMumbai — Programmes of Sambodh Mumbai
  • 10–15 FebChennai — Programmes of Sambodh Chennai
  • 16–28 FebAndhra Pradesh and Telangana — Tour
  • 3–8 MarShiwpur — Programmes
  • 8–12 MarSattal, Himalayas — Programmes
  • 18 MarNew Delhi — “Spirituality and Leadership”, All India Management Association — watch the video
  • 20, 25 Mar & 3 AprNoida and New Delhi — Siddhi Vinayaka Kalasa programmes
  • 26 MarNew Delhi — Annual lecture “To Know the Art of Living, You Should Know the Art of Dying — Reflection on the Continuity of Life”, India Habitat Centre — watch the video · invitation
  • 27 MarNew Delhi — Sambodh Foundation Day — havan, satsang and bhiksha, Maharani Bagh — invitation
  • 28 Mar – 6 AprNew Delhi — Lectures on the Ashtavakra Gita, Maharani Bagh
  • 31 MarNew Delhi — “Spirituality and Innovativeness”, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
  • 2 AprGreater Noida — Lecture on the Bhagavad Gita
  • 7–8 AprAhmedabad — “Why Bad Things Happen to Good People”, and an open workshop for youth on the Panchatantra, Ramanbhai Patel–AMA Centre for Excellence in Education — workshop flyer
  • 8–15 AprBangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 19 JulBangalore — Guru Purnima celebration at the Sambodh Centre, Hebbal — pictures
  • 6 AugBangalore — Annual award of Sambodh scholarships, and school bags, for underprivileged children at the Government School, Bhuvaneshwari Nagar — pictures
Programmes in India, with Rishi Vision in Kerala

2014 – 2015

  • 25 Dec 2014 – 15 Jan 2015Kerala — Rishi Vision in Kerala, by Sambodh Foundation Kerala and the Bodhananda Seva Society trusts — Bhagavad Gita lectures, satsangs and retreats, coordinated by Sri S K K Nair — programme with map
  • 28 Dec 2014Thiruvananthapuram — BRF-ML seminar “Chanakya and Effective Leadership”, Bodhananda Kendram
  • 16–22 Jan 2015Chennai — Programmes of Sambodh Chennai, coordinated by Sri Gopalakrishnan and Smt Radhika Gopalakrishnan — flyer
  • 23–27 JanMumbai — Programmes of Sambodh Mumbai, coordinated by Sri Anil Kumar and Smt Lalitha Anil Kumar
  • FebruaryAhmedabad — Annual lecture series, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 2–27 MarNew Delhi — Talks on the Svetasvatara Upanishad, Maharani Bagh
  • 27 MarNew Delhi — “Dharma and Indian Leadership”, All India Management Association; Sambodh Foundation Day
  • 29 MarNew Delhi — Annual lecture “Living in the Moment”, Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
  • 2 AprBangalore — Lecture “Creative Living in the Moment” — “Past and future are just thoughts; the given moment is the only reality … The present is a space of infinite possibilities.”
  • 4–12 AprBangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
Programmes in India

2013 – 2014

  • Jan – Feb 2014Kerala — Rishi Vision lecture series and satsangs
  • 10–15 FebMumbai — Lectures “Spirituality in Daily Life” (12 Feb) and “Spirituality — an Antidote for Mental Challenges” (14 Feb)
  • 16 FebGoa — “Consciousness — the Ultimate Human Resource”, 3rd Leadership Retreat of the All India Management Association — reflective action in interactive spaces as the means of tapping into the infinite resource of consciousness; a new strategy for inspired leadership
  • 17–21 FebAhmedabad — Five lectures, “The Bhagavad Gita and Wise Leadership”
  • 3 Mar – AprilNew Delhi — Spring retreat: lectures on Patanjali's Yogasutras, Maharani Bagh
  • 22 MarNew Delhi — Open conversation “Hinduism and Indian Identity”, Kunzum Travel Café, Hauz Khas Village
  • 27 MarNew Delhi — Sambodh Foundation Day
  • 28 MarNew Delhi — “Wisdom Leadership”, All India Management Association
  • 30 MarNew Delhi — Public lecture “Unleashing Your Spiritual Power”, Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
  • 4–5 AprNoida — Two lectures on the Isavasya Upanishad
Programmes in India

2012 – 2013

  • 10–15 Feb 2013Ahmedabad — Lecture series “Five Principles of Excellence”, with morning Kundalini meditations
  • 1–7 & 19–30 MarNew Delhi — Lecture series and retreat on Ramana Maharshi's Sad-darsanam, Maharani Bagh
  • 22 MarNew Delhi — “Four Levels of Leadership”, All India Management Association
  • 30 MarNew Delhi — “Wise Leadership”, IIT Delhi
  • 31 MarNew Delhi — “Four Yogas for Self-realisation”, Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
  • 4–5 AprAhmedabad — “Personality Development — Lessons from the Indian Wisdom Tradition” for students, and “When Less is More”, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 16–23 AprBangalore — Lectures and satsangs
  • 15 AugAmrutahalli, Bangalore — Award of Sambodh scholarships to schoolchildren
Programmes in India

2011 – 2012

  • 20 Dec 2011 – 20 Jan 2012Thiruvananthapuram — Upanishad camp (Taittiriya), round table on the Ramayana and management, senior citizens' meet, Dhanvantari Homam, Gayatri Archana, management lectures, Gita Jnana Yajna and Purva Mimamsa camp
  • 21–30 JanChennai — Vedanta classes, management lectures and meetings
  • 1–10 FebKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna, management lectures and the Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 11–14 FebPalakkad — Vedanta classes
  • 15–17 FebKozhikode — Vedanta classes and the Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 19–25 FebAhmedabad — Lecture series on Knowledge, Imagination, Creativity, Optimal Solutions and Success
  • 26 Feb – 3 MarNagpur — Visits to Siddhi Gaon, Sevashram and Paunar Ashram
  • MarchDelhi — Kalasa programmes and classes on the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads; lectures at the All India Management Association, the India Habitat Centre and IIT Delhi
  • 3–15 AprBangalore — Upanishad classes, Kalasaradhana programmes, Siddhi Vinayaka Kalasaradhana, and management and public lectures, at SCLV
Programmes in India

2010 – 2011

  • 18–24 Dec 2010Kozhikode — Gita Jnana Yajna and the Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 25 Dec – 5 Jan 2011Palakkad — Siddhi Vinayaka Pratishta annual celebration; Gita Jnana Yajna on Chapter 13; morning lectures on the Kena Upanishad
  • 6 Jan – 6 FebThiruvananthapuram — Chandogya Upanishad class, Gita Yajna, Dhanvantari Homam, Loka Seva meet, science seminar and the V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture; Gayatri Mantra Archana; Tarka-Samgraha course; Siddhi Vinayaka Pratishta celebration
  • 7–16 FebKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna, management lectures and the Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 21–25 FebAhmedabad — Lecture series “Leadership Excellence and the Power of Soft Skills”
  • 26 Feb – 3 MarShivpur, Varanasi, Nalanda, Rajgir and Bodhgaya — Sivaratri programmes at Shivpur
  • 23 MarDelhi — Lecture “Dharma of Inclusive Growth”, All India Management Association
  • 26 MarDelhi — Keynote “Ecstasy of the Mystic”, Life Positive Expo, India Habitat Centre
  • 8 AprDelhi — Sambodh Annual Lecture “Secret of True Happiness”, India Habitat Centre
  • 10–20 AprBangalore — Upanishad classes, Kalasaradhana programmes, Sad-darsanam morning classes and management programmes; dialogue meeting on Gandhi's Hind Swaraj, “Freedom Inner and Outer”, at SCLV
  • 21–24 AprChennai — Release of “Mahabharata and Management”; lecture at the Madras Management Association
  • 24–25 AprKochi — Foundation stone of the Bodhananda International Foundation for Inter-religious Dialogue (BIFIRD), in memory of Dr K B Unnithan
Programmes in India, and the Kailas Yatra

2009 – 2010

  • 18 Dec 2009Bangalore — Visit to the Sambodh Centre for Living Values
  • 19–23 DecPalakkad — Siddhi Vinayaka Pratishta annual celebration; Gita Jnana Yajna
  • 24 Dec – 15 Jan 2010Thiruvananthapuram — Chandogya Upanishad class, Gita Yajna, Dhanvantari Homam, Loka Seva meet, science seminar and the V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture; mantra sadhana and Gayatri Mantra Archana
  • 16–31 JanKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna, management lectures and the Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 1–8 FebKozhikode — Sri Narayana Guru Homa Mantram, Gita Jnana Yajna and the Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 9–17 FebThiruvananthapuram — Mahabharata scholars' meet and management programmes
  • 18–23 FebBangalore — International seminar “Indian Management for Global Effectiveness: Insights from the Mahabharata” — about the seminar
  • 24–28 FebAhmedabad — Lecture series on “Leadership Excellence and Decision-making”
  • From 1 MarDelhi — Kalasa programmes and classes on the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads; lectures at the All India Management Association, the India Habitat Centre and IIT Delhi
  • MayBangalore — Classes on the Kaivalya Upanishad, Kalasaradhana programmes, and management and public lectures, at SCLV
  • August 2010Tibet — Pilgrimage to Mt Kailas and Manasarovar
Programmes in India

2008 – 2009

  • 16 Nov 2008Delhi — Lecture at Ramana Kendra
  • 17–23 NovDelhi — Lecture series on the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Maharani Bagh Community Hall
  • 19 NovDelhi — Lecture at the Indian Institute of Public Administration
  • 26 NovDelhi — Lecture “How to be Happy in a Turbulent World”, Institution of Engineers
  • 29 Nov – 3 DecAhmedabad — Lecture series on self-management, based on Patanjali's Yogasutras, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 4 DecThiruvananthapuram — Siddhi Vinayaka Pratishta annual celebration
  • 8–19 DecKozhikode — Sri Narayana Guru Homa Mantram, Gita Jnana Yajna and the Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 20–27 DecThiruvananthapuram — Meetings, Gayatri Mantra Archana and Mahabharata scholars' meet
  • 28 Dec – 5 Jan 2009Palakkad — Siddhi Vinayaka Pratishta annual celebration; Gita Jnana Yajna
  • 6–16 JanKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna and management lectures
  • 17 Jan – 4 FebThiruvananthapuram — Gita Yajna, Dhanvantari Homam, Loka Seva meet and the V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture, with visits to Kollam and Nagercoil
  • 5–13 FebKochi — Meetings; Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 14–17 FebThiruvananthapuram — Chandogya Upanishad camp
  • 18 Feb – 30 AprNew Delhi — Kalasa programmes and classes on the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads; lectures at the All India Management Association, the India Habitat Centre and IIT Delhi
  • 1–10 MayBangalore — Public lectures “Foundations of Indian Wisdom” at IISc (1 May), “Spirituality and Wellbeing” (2 May), “Power of Mantra and Ganesa Aradhana”, “Personality Unfoldment: Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita”, “God-realisation through Self-giving Work”, “Yoga of Devotion” and “Mind-transcendence in Patanjali's Yogasutras”; classes on the Kaivalya Upanishad and guided meditation; management development programmes; Siddhi Vinayaka Kalasaradhana programmes and satsangs, at SCLV
Programmes in India

2007 – 2008

  • 11 Nov 2007Delhi — Lecture on “Jivanmukta”, Ramana Kendra
  • 17 NovDelhi — Annual lecture at The Salwan School
  • 1–5 DecAhmedabad — Lectures on “Meditation for Health, Happiness and Success”, and five lectures on managerial effectiveness — spirituality in the workplace, ethics in relationships, managing complex problems of life, leadership and the challenge of change, and health, environment and God — Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 7 Dec – 7 Jan 2008Thiruvananthapuram and Nagercoil — Dhanvantari Homa, meetings and Gita Yajna
  • 4–6 JanThiruvananthapuram — National seminar on the Mahabharata and the Indian style of management
  • 7–17 JanPalakkad — Gita Jnana Yajna
  • 18–28 JanKozhikode — Sri Narayana Guru Homa Mantram, Gita Jnana Yajna and seminars
  • 28 Jan – 11 FebThiruvananthapuram — Meetings, Gita Yajna and memorial lecture
  • 11–25 FebKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna, management lectures and the Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 25 Feb – 1 MarThiruvananthapuram — Meetings, Gita Yajna and the V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture
  • 2–5 MarBangalore — Varada Vinayaka Archana (2 Mar) and Sivaratri programme (5 Mar)
  • 6 Mar – 30 AprNew Delhi — Kalasa programmes and classes on the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads; lectures at the All India Management Association (28 Mar), the India Habitat Centre (29 Mar) and IIT Delhi (3 Apr)
  • 16–20 AprHaridwar — Meetings and lectures
  • 25–29 AprKochi — Bhumi Puja of the city centre of Bodhananda Sruti Seva Trust
  • 1–12 MayBangalore — Morning classes on the Taittiriya Upanishad; dialogue meet (3 May); Ganesa Dharma Kalasa programmes; Sri Sankara Jayanti (9 May)
Programmes in India

2006 – 2007

  • 30 Nov – 5 Dec 2006Ahmedabad — Lectures on “Meditation for Health, Happiness and Success”, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 6 Dec – 5 Jan 2007Bangalore — Programmes of Sambodh Bangalore
  • 20–24 DecPalakkad — Ganesa Pratishta celebrations
  • 5 Jan – 5 FebThiruvananthapuram and Nagercoil — Meetings, Gita Yajna and Upanishad camp
  • 25 JanBangalore — Invited lecture, 21st NIAS Course for Senior Executives, National Institute of Advanced Studies
  • 27 JanThiruvananthapuram — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture
  • 6–10 FebPalakkad — Gita Jnana Yajna
  • 11–18 FebKozhikode — Sri Narayana Guru Homa Mantram, Gita Jnana Yajna and seminars; BRF-ML Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture (17 Feb)
  • 19–28 FebKochi — Gita Jnana Yajna and management lectures; BRF-ML Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture (24 Feb)
  • 1 Mar – 15 MayNew Delhi — Classes on Ananya Bhakti, meditation evenings, satsangs and Kalasaradhana programmes in devotees' homes; celebration of Gurudev's birthday (27 Mar)
  • 12 & 16 MarNew Delhi — Inaugural address and lectures, “Personality Re-engineering Process” and “Inspiring Role Models — Leadership from Indian Wisdom Traditions”, for the IIPA programme “Human Values for Practising Managers”
  • 30 MarNew Delhi — Lecture on “Leadership and Change Management”, All India Management Association
  • 3–5 AprSattal, Himalayas — Inauguration of the village water project, Surya Gaon (4 Apr) — Gurudev's message
  • 7 AprNew Delhi — Release of “Indian Management and Leadership” by Smt Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, India Habitat Centre
  • 8 AprPune — Valedictory address, national seminar “People and Performance — Transactional to Transformational Leadership”, Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development
  • 9–18 AprBangalore — Release of “Indian Management and Leadership” by H E T N Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka; Kalasaradhana programmes; classes on Upadesa Saram
  • 18–23 AprThiruvananthapuram — 80th birthday celebration of Ma Ananda Chinmayi, and seminar on “Empowerment of Women”
  • 24–26 AprKochi — Kalasaradhana programme
  • 28 AprNew Delhi — Lecture “Mind Your Mind”, India Habitat Centre
Programmes in India

2005 – 2006

  • 9 Nov 2005Delhi — Talk at Amity International
  • 11 NovDelhi — Talk at the Chamber of Commerce
  • 18–20 NovBangalore — Trust meetings
  • 26 Nov – 12 DecThiruvananthapuram — Suvarna Pushparchana programmes; review meeting, and meeting on the Vanaprastha project
  • 13–18 DecThiruvananthapuram — Gita Jnana Yajna — evenings on Chapter 5; mornings on the theory and practice of meditation
  • 19–22 DecThiruvananthapuram — Management talks
  • 23–24 DecPalakkad — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 26–30 DecAhmedabad — Talks at the Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 1–11 Jan 2006Palakkad — Gita Jnana Yajna on Chapter 3, and meditation; Ganesa Pratishta; youth seminar
  • 14 JanKochi — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 15–20 JanThiruvananthapuram and Nagercoil — Meetings and visits
  • 21 JanThiruvananthapuram — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture by Prof Roddam Narasimha
  • 22 JanThiruvananthapuram — Gayatri Yajna
  • 23–26 JanThiruvananthapuram — Management talks and seminars
  • 27 Jan – 5 FebKozhikode — Gita Yajna; Sri Narayana Guru Mantra Homam; talks at IIM Kozhikode, MILMA and the University of Calicut
  • 6–15 FebKochi — Gita Yajna on Chapter 3, and meditation
Programmes in India

2004 – 2005

  • 21–23 Nov 2004Thiruvananthapuram — Ganesa Pratishta celebrations
  • 26 NovMumbai — Management development programme at Godrej
  • 5–6 DecThiruvananthapuram — Satsang at Bodhanandam
  • 7 DecThiruvananthapuram — Akhanda Nama Japa
  • 8–10 DecThiruvananthapuram — Management development programmes at ISRO, Tata Consultancy Services and ER&DC
  • 11 DecThiruvananthapuram — Round table conference
  • 12–17 DecKozhikode — Gita Yajna — evenings on “Arjuna's Five Questions and Krishna's Answers”; mornings on the Kaivalya Upanishad
  • 18–19 DecKozhikode — Round table conference; Sree Narayana Guru Mantra Homam
  • 24–30 DecPalakkad — Gita Yajna — evenings on “Arjuna's Five Questions and Krishna's Answers”; mornings on Bhaja Govindam
  • 1–5 Jan 2005Ahmedabad — Five talks on “One God, Many Paths”, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 8 JanKochi — Siva Sakti Archana
  • 9–14 JanKochi — Gita Yajna — evenings on “Arjuna's Five Questions and Krishna's Answers”; mornings on Dakshinamurti Stotram
  • 15 JanKozhikode — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture by Sri Muni Narayana Prasad
  • 17–20 JanPalakkad — Round table conference; management seminar “Ancient Thoughts and Modern Management Challenges — the Creative Indian Response”
  • 22–28 JanKochi — Round table conference and meetings
  • 29 Jan – 4 FebThiruvananthapuram — Gita Yajna — evenings on “Arjuna's Five Questions and Krishna's Answers”; mornings on the Kaivalya Upanishad
  • 5 FebThiruvananthapuram — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture by Dr K Kasturirangan
  • 10–17 FebKozhikode — Course on “Effective Corporate Management” for managers; mass meditation; seminars and workshops
  • 19 FebKochi — Swamiji presides over the BRF-ML Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture by Dr P C Alexander
  • 21–23 FebNagercoil — Meetings
  • 24–27 FebThiruvananthapuram — All-Kerala workers' camp; camp on the Chandogya Upanishad (in Malayalam)
  • 28 Feb – 12 MarBangalore — Public lecture “Why Bad Things Happen to Good People”, and meetings
  • 13–31 MarDelhi — Meetings
Programmes in India

2003 – 2004

  • 18 Dec 2003Ahmedabad — Talk on “Value-based Education”, Ahmedabad Management Association
  • 20–22 DecBangalore — Meetings
  • 23–27 DecKozhikode — BRF-ML trustees' review meeting
  • 29–31 DecNagercoil — Talks on Yogatraya
  • 1 Jan 2004Kanyakumari — Temple visit on New Year's Day
  • 5–11 JanKozhikode — Morning talks on Bhaja Govindam; evening talks on the Seven Spiritual Laws
  • 12–15 JanPalakkad — Talks on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12, and meditation
  • 17 JanKozhikode — Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture by Swamiji, “Spirituality and Culture”
  • 18–19 JanKollam — Visit to Asreya, the home for physically challenged girls at Bodhananda Kendram
  • 20–26 JanThiruvananthapuram — Talks on management
  • 24 JanThiruvananthapuram — Swamiji presides over the V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture by Dr Raja Ramanna, “Science, Technology, Environment and Social Change”
  • 27 Jan – 1 FebThiruvananthapuram — Morning talks on meditation; evening talks on the Seven Spiritual Laws
  • 3–9 FebErnakulam — Talks on “Many Paths to God: All about Yoga”
  • 7 FebErnakulam — Swamiji presides over the Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture by Dr Lakshmi V Venkatesan, “Economics, Competitiveness and India's Place in the Global Market”
  • 12–17 FebKozhikode — Swamiji presides over the festival of rare ritual arts of Malabar
  • 18–28 FebBangalore — Talks on management
  • 1 Mar – 20 MayDelhi — Weekly classes, Kalasa programmes and a visit to Sattal
  • 27 MarDelhi — Talk at the India Habitat Centre, “Overview of the Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws”, and book release
  • 20 May – 1 NovNorth America — Programmes of The Sambodh Society
Talks and programmes in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bangalore

2002 – 2003

  • 6–15 Dec 2002Thiruvananthapuram — Ganesa Pratishta Day celebration
  • 16–23 DecErnakulam — Lectures on “Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws”
  • 24–31 DecKozhikode — Gita Jnana Yajna on Chapter 7, and talks on Atmabodham
  • 1–5 Jan 2003Nagercoil — Talks and Lakshmi Narayana Puja
  • 7 JanBangalore — Dialogue group meeting on “Spiritual basis of science and scientific basis of spirituality”, Raman Research Institute
  • 8 JanBangalore — Lecture at the international symposium “Science and Beyond: Consciousness, Cosmology and Indic Traditions”, National Institute of Advanced Studies
  • 9–17 JanThiruvananthapuram — Gita Jnana Yajna on Chapter 10, and talks on the Mundaka Upanishad
  • 18 JanThiruvananthapuram — Sri Narayana Guru Memorial Lecture
  • 18–23 JanThiruvananthapuram — Talks at Bodhanandam
  • 24–31 JanErnakulam — Satsangs
  • 1 FebErnakulam — Mammen Mappillai Memorial Lecture
  • 1–7 FebKozhikode — Ganapati Pratishta celebration
  • 8 FebKozhikode — V K Krishna Menon Memorial Lecture
  • 9–16 FebPalakkad — Talks on the Four Yogas, and retreat
Talks and programmes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

2001 – 2002

  • 24–26 Nov 2001Thiruvananthapuram — Ganesa Pratishta Day celebration
  • 27 Nov – 5 DecErnakulam — Gita Yajna and management seminar
  • 6–13 DecKozhikode — Gita Yajna and talks
  • 14–21 DecPalakkad — Gita Yajna and talks
  • 22–26 DecKollam — Children's meet
  • 27–31 DecThiruvananthapuram — Management seminar and Kalasa Devata camp
  • 29–30 DecThiruvananthapuram — BRF-ML seminar “Ancient Thoughts and Modern Management”, inaugurated by the Governor of Kerala — sessions on personality re-engineering and motivation, the medical environment, ethical values at work, globalisation and informatics, with a panel and a valedictory session chaired by the State Finance Minister
  • 1–6 Jan 2002Nagercoil — Gita Yajna and talks
  • 7–13 JanThiruvananthapuram — Gita Yajna
  • 14–19 JanThiruvananthapuram — Spiritual camp
  • 20–23 JanPalakkad — Workers' camp and meetings
  • 24 JanCoimbatore — Management talk

Scholarships for children

Scholarship event, Bangalore, August 2016

On 6 August 2016 Sambodh Centre, Bangalore, awarded scholarships and school bags at the Bhuvaneshwari Nagar Government School. The children come from very poor families, but their smiles surpass all difficulties. This time at least one parent was asked to open a bank account, into which the scholarship is deposited — a small step towards saving.

Scholarship event at Sambodh Centre, Bangalore, 25 July 2015

At the 2015 event (25 July), chief guest Sri Shivanand Kanavi asked the children, “What is your dream?” Their confident answers — a teacher, a doctor, a police officer, an army officer, a chief minister — told us their hopes are in place. See the album.

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Messages, 2016

5 September 2016

Vinayaka Chaturthi message, 2016

Vinayaka Chaturthi message

“All rituals are a recreation of this eternal cycle of becoming and unbecoming… Knowing this cyclical nature of existence is freedom; going through this roller-coaster ride without losing self is spirituality.”

19 July 2016

Guru Purnima message, 2016

Guru Purnima message

“A cultured person is a lifelong learner. We learn from nature, from tradition and texts, and from our own inner experiences… through the dynamics of bidirectional conversation (samvāda) the person unfolds latent potentialities.”

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Thought for today

Seeing things as they are is freedom.

— Swami Bodhananda  ·  More reflections