Who We Are

Sambodh Society is a learning, practicing and teaching Advaita community that is open to diverse wisdom traditions of the world.

We believe in the essential goodness, freedom, beauty and blissful nature of all living beings and promote an environment friendly, close to nature, non-violent, minimalist and inclusive lifestyle. We know that to exist is to coexist. To instill this vision of oneness, we expose our members, as truth seekers, to sacred Hindu texts like the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras and Yoga Sutras. We encourage daily practice of yoga and meditation. Our members are motivated to actively and creatively engage in community life—family, professional, corporate and global. We believe that only by active engagement in the community can we grow in maturity and realize our full potential.

Our motto is detached engagement. Our inspiration is to find happiness in altruistic work—work happily and not for happiness. The Sambodh Society, Inc. founded in 1998 is a registered non-profit religious and spiritual organization in the USA dedicated to the vision and teachings of our Guru Swami Bodhananda Sarasvati who travels across the United States, Canada, Europe and India spreading the message of Advaita Vedanta, Yoga and Meditation. The Society engages in spiritual and social service in North America. The Sambodh Center for Human Excellence, at 6363 N 24 St. Kalamazoo, the headquarters of the Sambodh Society and our teaching center, is situated in a thirty-three acre forest, called Sambodharanya, the Forest of Enlightenment.

Swami Bodhahanda

Swami Bodhananda Saraswati is our spiritual leader and teacher of meditation, Yoga and Vedanta.

He is the founder and chairman of the Sambodh Foundation and Bodhananda Research Foundation for Management and Leadership Studies in India, as well as The Sambodh Society, Inc. and Sambodh Center for Human Excellence in the US.

Under Swamiji's vision and guidance, his centers aspire to nurture a community of seekers who work selflessly for the spiritual uplift of humanity, learn from the best of both eastern and western traditions, and are steeped in Vedanta—a vision which sees the world as one family and all paths leading to the same truth.

The range of topics Swamiji addresses extends from human potential development, managerial excellence, and leadership studies, to the experience of absolute peace in the midst of dynamic activity. Swamiji is the author of many books illuminating these topics from the Indian wisdom tradition perspective. Some of his publications include, The Gita and Management, Happiness Unlimited, Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws, Meditation: The Awakening of Inner Powers, and Inclusive Leadership: Perspectives from Tradition and Modernity.

Advait Chaitanya

Advait is a resident acharya of Advaita Vedanta at the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence in Kalamazoo, MI under the guidance of Swami Bodhananda Saraswati. He offers regular classes both in-person and online on the Upanishad and Yoga disciplines. He also expresses the teachings through running First Pulse, a graphic arts studio.

Aliceshia Aarya

Aliceshia is a resident acharya of Advaita Vedanta and our estate manager at the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence in Kalamazoo, MI under the guidance of Swami Bodhananda Saraswati. She offers mantra sadhana for our ongoing communal homas, as well as gives consultation and guidance for Ayurvedic healing modalities through Bodhanada Vedic Institute.