Bodhananda Saraswati

Swami Bodhananda Saraswati (born 27 March 1948) is an Indian spiritual leader and teacher of meditation, Yoga and Vedanta. He is the Spiritual Founder and Chairman of the Sambodh Foundation in India, The Sambodh Society Inc. USA, Sambodh Center for Human Excellence (Michigan), and the Bodhananda Research Foundation for Management and Leadership Studies.^[1]^[2]

He is a native of Kochi. He traveled to the Himalayas after his studies to learn Advaita. He then setup his own research institution in Delhi. He teaches about Advaita, meditation and management.^[3]

His publications in the area of Indian management are based on Indian philosophical theories on personality, self unfoldment, as explained in the Bhagavad Gita and other Indian wisdom texts. He develops a theory of transcendental leadership that emphasises the human possibilities.^[4]^{[unreliable source?]} A recent author describes Bodhananda's use of guna theory creating an Indian theory of mind, going beyond management concerns.^[5] On the impact of yoga on the emotional intelligence of managers, Swami Bodhananda believes that "it is very important to live in constant awareness of oneself so that one has power over one’s thoughts, and can choose responses to the world as per one’s values^[6]^{[unreliable source?]}

Books[edit]

Bodhananda has authored the following books in the area of Indian philosophy, Yoga, Vedanta and Indian management.

1998 - The Gita and Management, Sambodh Foundation

1998 - Management lessons from Patanjali’s yoga sutras: Inspirations from Indian wisdom for management, Ahmdebad: Ahmedabad Management Association

2003 - Dialogues: Philosopher meets the Seer, Srishti Publishers, ISBN 9788188575015

2003 - Happiness Unlimited: Self Unfoldment in an Interactive World, Srishti Publishers, ISBN 9788188575022

2004 - The Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws, ISBN 9788188575237

2004 - Meditation: The Awakening of Inner Powers, Srishti Publishers, ISBN 9788188575084

2004 - The Gita and Management, Srishti Publishers (revised edition), ISBN 81-88575-09-7

2007 - Indian Management and Leadership: Spiritual and Ethical Values for Corporate and Personal Success, Srishti Publishers, ISBN 9788188575886

2007 - A Conversation with Lord Krishna : Five Spiritual Questions of Arjuna, ISBN 9780978596941

2011 - Hindu Dharma for the Twenty-first Century: Interpretations, Innovations and Issues, The Sambodh Society Inc.

Statement Against Caste based Discrimination[edit]

He believes that "all human beings are expressions of the same DIVINITY and hence no discrimination based either on birth, color of the skin or socio-economic status is allowed by the Hindu Scriptures"^[7]^{[unreliable source?]}

References[edit]

↑ "'Make Gita a National Book'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
↑ "Sambodh Society Inaugaurates National Headquarters - Hindu Press International - Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today Magazine". www.hinduismtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
↑ "Management guru". The New Indian Express. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2021-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Bodhananda, Swami. The Gita and Management. Delhi: Srishti Publishers, 2004. ISBN 81-88575-09-7
↑ Gooptu, Nandini (Ed.).Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India: Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media. London: Routledge, p.102
↑ Hasmukh Adhia, H. R. Nagendra, B. Mahadevan. Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on the emotional intelligence of managers. IIMB Management Review Volume 22, Issues 1–2, March–June 2010, p. 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2010.03.003
↑ "Statement against Caste-based Discrimination" https://www.hafsite.org/media/pr/caste-statement-swami-bodhananda. retrieved on 24 August 2017

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[1] "'Make Gita a National Book'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-05.

[2] "Sambodh Society Inaugaurates National Headquarters - Hindu Press International - Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today Magazine". www.hinduismtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.

[3] "Management guru". The New Indian Express. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2021-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Bodhananda, Swami. The Gita and Management. Delhi: Srishti Publishers, 2004. ISBN 81-88575-09-7

[5] Gooptu, Nandini (Ed.).Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India: Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media. London: Routledge, p.102

[6] Hasmukh Adhia, H. R. Nagendra, B. Mahadevan. Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on the emotional intelligence of managers. IIMB Management Review Volume 22, Issues 1–2, March–June 2010, p. 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2010.03.003

[7] "Statement against Caste-based Discrimination" https://www.hafsite.org/media/pr/caste-statement-swami-bodhananda. retrieved on 24 August 2017

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