Annual and Monthly Giving

Donations to Annual and Monthly Giving provide crucial unrestricted funds. They support new initiatives in core activities and provide a margin of flexibilty for unexpected challenges. Staff development is supported, basic operations function smoothly, and important new projects can be launched.

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These funds ensure that the phones get answered, the floors swept, the computers upgraded, the retreats staffed, the books distributed.

“Please keep up the good work. Several times I’ve called and the staff members were so kind!” –J.S., South Carolina

Annual and Monthly Giving supports the most accessible offerings of the BMCM, including the free quarterly journal, Blue Mountain; this Web site, www.easwaran.org; and many ways of bringing fellowship and support to those practicing passage meditation worldwide.

“My income is currently quite small, but I want to offer this support of your wonderful newsletter. It brings joy to my life.” – M.D., Pennsylvania

“My son got me a computer and I am so happy to find you online! I receive the Thought for the Day and enjoy knowing you are there in cyberspace. Thank you!” – K.K., Florida

“This check is my tips from last week. The newsletters, fellowship group, books, and tapes have begun a transformation that feels right.” – T.S., Maryland

The spirit behind these essential gifts is deeply touching. Many donors connect in a heartfelt way with the BMCM, expressing gratitude for Easwaran’s teachings and their hope that his legacy will be shared widely.

“Sri Easwaran’s teachings have helped my spiritual life very much. In my small way I would like to help him help others and keep the work going on. Thank you.” – B.M., Texas

“I am excited that I finally am able to begin giving to support Sri Easwaran’s vision of peace through meditation. Meditation has certainly been a great healing avenue in my life.” – D.D., Kentucky

Every gift makes a difference. Every gift supports an offering of inspiration, wisdom, and life-changing instruction that would not otherwise be available. Find out how to double your gift.

Your donation of	As one annual gift	As 12 regular monthly gifts
$30.00	Covers the cost of your subscription to the Blue Mountain journal and provides subscriptions for four other people.	Pays for your own subscription to the Blue Mountain journal and sponsors 59 other subscriptions.
$50.00	Provides a partial scholarship to a one-day retreat.	Covers travel expenses for a BMCM presenter to lead a regional retreat.
$100.00	Provides a partial scholarship to a weekend retreat.	Covers the cost of one year’s supplies for our retreat house (towels, sheets, kitchen equipment, cleaning supplies, etc.).
$250.00	Covers the annual cost of phone service at our retreat house.	Covers the costs of hosting our Web site, www.easwaran.org, and features like the Thought for the Day.
$2500.00	Provides two new computers and basic software for our staff.	Pays one year’s salary and benefits for a staff member.

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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