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  • The BMCM 2024 Celebration of Easwaran’s Life & Teachings

    September 16, 2024

    Wherever you are, we invite you to join us in the coming weeks for a celebration of Easwaran’s life and teachings.

  • Spring Message From the BMCM: Beauty Ancient and New

    March 27, 2023

    Read more on spring at Ramagiri, and the inner transformation of spiritual flowering, as Easwaran’s teachings are brought to life through people around the world.

  • Honoring Christine Easwaran

    August 29, 2022

    On August 28th, our dearest Christine, wife of Eknath Easwaran, passed away at Ramagiri Ashram at the age of 101. Learn more in this special message.

  • Lighting the Lamp

    September 25, 2017

    Bringing together families from around the world, the BMCM two-day family program gave parents and children an opportunity to consider how they could be lamps – sharing their light with the world.

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  • Thirty-Five Years of BMCM Retreats

    May 11, 2021

    Look back over 35 years of retreats with Easwaran’s writings and learn about the current online retreats from recent participants.

  • Exploring Passage Recordings

    April 13, 2021

    Audio recordings of the passages that Easwaran recommended for meditation are now available in two locations. Learn where you can listen to them, and find out about the different benefits from each source.

  • New in the EDL: Easwaran’s Audio Talks

    March 22, 2021

    Find out about three new series of talks from Easwaran on Patanjali, Meister Eckhart, and favorite verses of the Gita, available on the Easwaran Digital Library.

  • Celebrating the Audiobook of
    “The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living”

    February 2, 2021

    Read the behind-the-scenes story from the BMCM Press Team, and reflections from meditators, to celebrate the release of the audiobook of “The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living.”

  • New Edition of “The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living”

    November 4, 2020

    Learn about the new edition of all three volumes of “The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living” available on November 10.

  • Online Retreats:
    The Spiritual Renaissance in Your Home

    August 18, 2020

    Learn about the new BMCM online retreats and hear from participants about bringing the retreats into their home.

  • New Offerings & Updates: “An Underlying Unity”

    May 19, 2020

    Read this latest letter containing details of new offerings and resources and a short message from Christine Easwaran.

  • The Benefits, Power & Mystery of Long Passages

    July 2, 2019

    Meditating on long passages can help us increase our concentration and gives us the opportunity to go deeper into a spiritual theme. Learn more about the benefits of these often mysterious passages and find tips on how to memorize them.

  • Listen & Explore: Passage Recordings

    March 31, 2019

    Learn more about the passage recordings now available to stream and download.

  • New Audiobook:
    “Spiritual Teacher, Earnest Student”

    March 28, 2018

    Why is a spiritual teacher important? And how can we find an authentic one? Learn about the new audiobook in which Easwaran tackles these questions and more.

  • Deeper Understanding:
    A New Strategic Plan

    August 29, 2017

    We’re launching a new strategic plan that calls on each of us to deepen our understanding of Easwaran’s teachings. Learn more about the plan and how you can contribute.

  • Welcome to the Easwaran Digital Library!

    June 27, 2017

    Years in the making, this new Library is now live! It offers new access to audio and video talks from Easwaran – making his timeless teachings available free of charge to the world.

  • BMCM eSatsang:
    New Interactive Platform

    May 30, 2017

    For the first time since it started nearly 15 years ago, the BMCM online fellowship group, the eSatsang, has been updated and re-imagined. Learn what’s new, and why it’s changed.

  • Timeless Wisdom for Today

    April 25, 2017

    Curious how the Blue Mountain Journal is curated? This interview with the head of the BMCM Editorial Team describes how this invaluable resource is put together.

  • Audiobooks: A Labor of Love

    March 28, 2017

    The BMCM Press Team is always looking for new ways to help readers find Easwaran’s books. Here we share the winding path that led to the release of our recent audiobooks, which are reaching growing audiences.

  • BMCM Webinars

    November 15, 2016

    Three years ago the BMCM held its first webinar, using just a laptop camera. Read how our webinars have evolved and where we're going next, in this behind-the-scenes article.

  • The Eight-Point Program in the Heart of the Family

    November 23, 2016

    This past summer, seven families came together in Tomales at the BMCM headquarters for a two-day program. Read this article to learn more about the event.

  • "Passage Meditation" – New Edition

    November 22, 2016

    In an interview with our BMCM editorial and press colleagues, we hear about the recent edition of “Passage Meditation" and the new Q&A section which has been added to it.