The name
Bhumaiva
bhoo-MY-vah
भूमैव
From the Chandogya Upanishad. Sanatkumara says to Narada: यो वै भूमा तत्सुखं नाल्पे सुखमस्ति भूमैव सुखम्।
That which is the Vast — the Infinite, the Whole — that is happiness. There is no happiness in the small. The Infinite itself is happiness.
Bhumaiva is that sentence in one word: bhūma, the Vast, the experience of oneness; eva, itself, alone. Not a mood. The ground of a life that is full.
How to say it
- bhubhoo
- maiMY
- vavah
The life it names
- Oneness. Not separate from others, from the body, from the day.
- Fullness. A life with nothing essential missing — rest, movement, food, buffer, skill, people, honest work, a mind that can stop.
- Happiness. Not the small pleasure. The Vast, which is sukha.