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“Everyone has the capacity to choose, to change, to grow.”

Eknath Easwaran shows that our most glorious asset as human beings is our ability to remake ourselves according to our highest ideals.

He developed his method of passage meditation to inspire and encourage us to reach our fullest potential. Easwaran lived what he taught, giving him enduring appeal as an author and teacher of deep insight and warmth.

More than 1.4 million copies of Easwaran’s books are in print around the world. His work is continued by the organization he founded in 1961, the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation. More about Easwaran

What Is Passage Meditation?

In this method you meditate on inspirational passages, or texts, from the sages, saints, and scriptures of the world. Passage meditation fits naturally within any faith, philosophy, or way of life. Over time you will develop richer relationships, live more fully in the present, and discover your unique contribution to life.

More on Easwaran’s published works

Read a book excerpt

Watch a video of Easwaran speaking

Listen to a talk

Read “Invitaton to a Journey” and other articles

ARTICLE BY EASWARAN

“Something in all of us cheers when a captive creature breaks free. We are born for freedom, even if we don’t understand what that means or how to find it. Somehow we sense that we are not meant to spend our lives in the shallows of pleasure and profit.”
– Eknath Easwaran

Read “Invitation to a Journey”

RESOURCE

Thought for the Day

Sign up for a free daily email message. Start your day with inspirational quotations accompanied by Easwaran’s wise and practical commentaries.

RETREAT

Learn Passage Meditation

The BMCM offers retreats on passage meditation for beginners, experienced meditators, young adults, and those over 65 or facing life-threatening illness. For more information follow the link – or call us at 800.475.2369 or 707.878.2369.

VIDEO

View video clips

DVD 30: “Meditation is good for long vision. Whatever the consequences of certain acts, we can put on steel-rimmed spectacles and see those consequences.”

BOOK

Passage
Meditation

Bring the deep wisdom of the heart into daily life by meditating on spiritual passages that embody your highest ideals.

ARTICLE

Invitation to a Journey

"The need to return to the source of our being is nothing less than an evolutionary imperative – the drive to realize our full human potential."

BOOK

Upanishads

More copies sold in the past six months than all other English translations combined.

Cookbook

Laurel’s Kitchen

The complete cookbook and reference center for the whole-foods kitchen.

ARTICLE

Swimming
Against the Current

“Can you spend time with those you dislike for the sake of the greater good? If you can, you are making good progress on the spiritual path.”

BOOK

Take Your Time: How to Find Patience, Peace, and Meaning

Step back, slow down, find a doorway to joy and serenity where you least expected it.

RESOURCE

Instruction in passage meditation

"This is the heart of my program: meditation for half an hour every morning, as early as is convenient. Do not increase this period; if you want to meditate more, have half an hour in the evening also, preferably at the very end of the day."

PASSAGE

Saint Teresa of Avila: Her Heart
Is Full of Joy

“Her heart is full of joy with love, For in the Lord her mind is stilled.” Follow link to read passage and hear Easwaran recite it.

AUDIO

Hear Easwaran speak

Meditation is a two CD set giving a lively introduction to the practice of passage meditation.

ARTICLE

Stormy Seas

“Few human beings are born with the ability to weather storm and stress with grace. But everyone can learn.”

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