Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha
आत्ममोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च
Átmamokśártham Jagaddhitáya Ca
For the liberation of self and the welfare of the world
Átmamokśárthaḿ
Self-Realization
For one’s own liberation
Meditation as taught by an ácárya, practised morning and evening; the conduct of Yama and Niyama; and the steady work of turning the mind from what passes to what does not. It is personal, and it is free — meditation has never been sold.
Jagaddhitáya Ca
Service to All
And for the welfare of the world
Schools, clinics, relief teams, children’s homes, animal rescue, master units. Not charity performed from above, but service understood as practice — the same practice, turned outward.
Neither wing carries the bird alone. Meditation without service turns inward on itself; service without meditation exhausts the server.
In practice
A Movement in Numbers
Every figure here is counted from this site's own directories, or carries a source.
Countries with a documented unit
Counted from the unit directory on this site.
Units in the world directory
Jagrtis, schools, homes, clinics and offices.
Master units
Global sectors
Prabhat Samgiita songs
Composed between 1982 and 1990.
Schools run in India
Through ERAWS, the education and relief department.
What we actually do
Together, and then alone
A margii sits for meditation twice a day, alone. Once a week they sit with others — Dharma Cakra — and sing kiirtan before they sit. The collective practice is not decoration around the private one; it is what keeps the private one from becoming a private matter.
About kiirtanRead on
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The record
- Founded
- January 1955, Jamalpur — founded on the 5th, inaugurated on the 9th
- Founder
- Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti
- Central office
- Ananda Nagar, P.O. Baglata, Dist. Purulia, WB 723215
- Telephone
- +91 70763 69807
- Legal status
- Recognised as a distinct denomination by the Supreme Court of India, 1983
- Documented units
- 228 units across 56 countries in this directory