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[edit] Founder
Swami Vivekananda in the name of his Guru Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
[edit] Year & place of founding
Started as Ramakrishna Mission Association on 1 May, 1897 in Kolkata
[edit] Aims & ideals
"Atmano Mokshartham Jagad Hitaya cha"- for one's own liberation and for the welfare of the world
[edit] Monastic / Non-monastic
Consists of both monastic members and house-holders
[edit] General philosophical outlook
Non sectarian body
[edit] Spiritual disciplines generally advocated
A combination of Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Raja Yoga
[edit] Administrative set-up
Headquarters at Belur in West Bengal. The President is the spiritual head. The General Secretaries are the administrative heads. A Trust manages the activities. Branch centres are headed by the local Presidents, who are assisted by other monks.
[edit] Provision for joining
People aspiring to become monastic members, should be graduates and of below 30 years. During the probation period of 5 years, training is imparted at the headquarters. They work in different centres before they are finally given the vows of Monasticism. Non monastic members are any followers of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, sometimes initiated with mantra-deeksha.
[edit] Present chief of the movement
Swami Gahanananda is the present president of the Order. He has held this position since May 2005.
[edit] Activities
[edit] Religion & spirituality
Publication of magazines, books, multimedia etc. Discourses and retreats are also arranged.
[edit] Social field
Active in the field of education, rural development, orphanages etc
[edit] Cultural field
[edit] Relief activities
Takes up relief activities during famines, earth-quakes, floods etc.
[edit] Province of its influence
Chiefly Bengal, but has over 100 centres spread all over India. Western centres are known as Vedanta Societies. Has over 1000 monastic members.
[edit] Major publications
- Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
- The Gospel of Shri Ramakrishna
- Cultural Heritage of India
- Udbodhan, Bengali monthly
- Vedanta Kesari, English monthly
- Prabuddha Bharat, English monthly
- Viveka Prabha, Kannada monthly
- Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam, Tamil monthly
- Sri Ramakrishna Prabha, Telugu monthly
- See also: Survey of Hindu organisations
[edit] External links
- RKM order
- The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata
- Vedanta Society of Southern California,Hollywood
- Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
- Vedanta society of Northern California
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