Our Source of Inspiration
The idea for setting up Inner Joy Foundation would not have come about without the wisdom and guidance of one very special person. Shree Muktanandji Bapu has been a huge source of inspiration to all of Inner Joy Foundation’s members.
Bapu currently runs 28 charitable units in Gujarat. IJF helps with the boarding and education of 100 children within these units. We also support the elderly and the hospital which gives free treatment to the poor communities from the surrounding villages.
Below is a you tube video from ABP live on Muktanand Bapu, briefly describing his works and in the second video clip below Bapu is addressing 1000 students of the school. Both the clips are in Gujarati language.
Bapu currently runs 28 charitable units in Gujarat. IJF helps with the boarding and education of 100 children within these units. We also support the elderly and the hospital which gives free treatment to the poor communities from the surrounding villages.
Below is a you tube video from ABP live on Muktanand Bapu, briefly describing his works and in the second video clip below Bapu is addressing 1000 students of the school. Both the clips are in Gujarati language.
Shree Muktanandji Bapu is an enlightened soul, a living saint, who shows us that the path to joy is not achieved by purely renouncing all of our worldly desires, but by working in the service of humankind and thereby realising our own potential. Bapu is extremely hard working and constantly inspiring people to serve humanity.
Bapu leads by example and works within India, setting up numerous charitable projects. He has created educational establishments around Gujarat, not only large boarding schools but also smaller set-ups within the villages. He has also developed a large number of care homes for the elderly within India and this number increases by the year. Other smaller projects continue to be developed alongside major ones.
Bapu has created a sustainable environment, with regards to farming and energy within an educational complex and is also forward thinking in terms of technology, realising that this is one of the necessities of modern life and embracing this. Alongside this is a deep spiritual understanding, which is not dogmatic but teaches you to listen to yourself, helping you to recognise what your inner voice is and putting you on the path of spiritual evolution.
The sheer magnitude of work being undertaken by him is extraordinary and the speed with which projects are undertaken and completed is incredible. The benefit he has brought and is still bringing to humankind is limitless, and for this we feel eternally grateful.
The sheer magnitude of work being undertaken by him is extraordinary and the speed with which projects are undertaken and completed is incredible. The benefit he has brought and is still bringing to humankind is limitless, and for this we feel eternally grateful.
IJF trustee Himat Gami discussing further development of the elderly home with Shree Muktanand Bapu.
All three trustees visit India regularly to monitor the progress of the work and we constantly liaise with our sister charity BET in India.
All three trustees visit India regularly to monitor the progress of the work and we constantly liaise with our sister charity BET in India.
Muktanand Bapu, and the trustees Vijyalaxmi and Kiran Kara Patel with the elderly guests in our newly built extension.
If you wish to join the trustees during their India trip please contact us and we will be happy to make the necessary arrangements for all our guests. We would love to have your company there. Why not see the magnitude of work for yourselves
If you wish to join the trustees during their India trip please contact us and we will be happy to make the necessary arrangements for all our guests. We would love to have your company there. Why not see the magnitude of work for yourselves
Below is Bapu's peaceful Ashram Garden in Chaparda near Junagadh where visitors can relax.
A typical guest room with en suite bathroom in the Ashram where our supporters are accommodated.