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  Ramakrishna - New World Encyclopedia
Ramakrishna (1836 – 1886) is one of the most famous Hindu mystics of modern India, who claimed that all religions are legitimate paths to experiencing ultimate truth.
Ramakrishna taught that the different religions of the world are various paths to reach God, available for different cultures, tastes, time periods, and personalities.
Ramakrishna believed that God-realization should be the ultimate goal of all beings, for divinity is the essence of life.
www.newworldencyclopedia.org /entry/Ramakrishna   (1555 words)

  
  Ramakrishna Mission
Although Ramakrishna is believed to have said that there are as many paths to salvation as there are points of view, some of his followers today advocate a quite definite path.
Ramakrishna's experience was that the truth of all religions is a manifestation of the Shakti, or Divine Mother, and that this divine power is at work with everyone, including the poor, and thus inspiring the Mission's social service.
Ramakrishna, the God-man of modern India, was born as Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya in the Bengal village of Kamarpukur in 1836.
philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/ramak.html   (1015 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Mission
A spiritual colossus in the form of Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) arose in the midst of chaos and confusion to stem the rot and steer India to a bright and glorious future.
Sri Ramakrishna was pining to bequeath his findings and teachings – universal in their sweep, to worthy young aspirants who would be able to follow them in their purest form and communicate to humanity at large.
The Mission realized education for the adults would be the best way to remove the problems of alcoholism and unhealthy living habits and conditions among the poor sections of the community.
www.ramakrishna.org.sg /DetailLink.htm   (2172 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ramakrishna Mission is an association founded by Sri Ramakrishna's chief disciple and religious leader, Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897.
The Ramakrishna Mission acquired a legal status when it was registered in 1909 under Act XXI of 1860.
Though the Mission with its branches is a distinct legal entity it is closely related to the Ramakrishna Math.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission   (614 words)

  
 RAMAKRISHNA MATH AND RAMAKRISHNA MISSION : ORIGIN & OBJECTS
For the implementation of the Divine Mission for which Shri Ramakrishna was born, he attracted in (1880-1886) a group of talented, bold, and heroic young men of Calcutta, besides a few great men and women devotees.
Since then the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission extended their spheres of activity, and had branches in different parts of the country and abroad.
The Governing Body of the Mission is made up of the Trustees of the Math; the administrative work of the Mission is mostly in the hands of monks of the Ramakrishna Math; and both have their Headquarters at the Belur Math.The Math is constituted under a Trust with well-defined rules of procedure.
www.rajkot.com /ramakrishna/origin_object.htm   (1015 words)

  
 The Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission — Portal
The Ramakrishna Order is founded on the ideals of Vedanta as propounded by and exemplified in the lives and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, the great saint of Modern India and Swami Vivekananda, his chief disciple and himself a great spiritual luminary.
The Math and the Mission are closely related, for the Governing Body of the Mission is made up of the Trustees of the Math and the administrative work of the Mission is mostly in the hands of the monks of the Math.
The Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission have been from their very inception doing relief services in times of natural calamities like flood, famine, drought, etc. Public support is the principal resource on which relief work depends.
en.vedanta.jp /about_us/the-ramakrishna-math-and-ramakrishna-mission   (1359 words)

  
 Ram Swarup - Ramakrishna Mission: A New Identity   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This is the pattern which the affidavit faithfully observes--when the inclusiveness of the Mission is to be shown, Islam and Christianity are mentioned; when its distinct character is to be shown, Hinduism is mentioned.
But of course, the Mission is different; it has a genuine philosophy of human brotherhood though not new or unique to it as it claims, but derived from the ancient philosophy of the land.
But the most important count in the Mission's claim for a new identity is its belief that it offers in some unique way the 'essence' of all religions, a kind of religion of all religions, a super-religion.
www.hindu.org /publications/ramswarup/rkmission.html   (2316 words)

  
 IDEOLOGY of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
Mission consists of the eternal principles of Vedanta as lived and experienced by Sri Ramakrishna and expounded by Swami Vivekananda.
In the Ramakrishna Movement, Sri Ramakrishna is adored as the Avatar of the Modern Age.
The uniqueness of Sri Ramakrishna's Avatarhood is that it embodies the spiritual consciousness of earlier Avatars and prophets, including those who are outside the Hindu fold, and is in harmony with all religious traditions.
www.belurmath.org /Ideology.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Activities of Ramakrishna Math & Mission - [ RMIC ]
The Math and the Mission are closely related: the Governing Body of the Mission is made up of the Trustees of the Math and the administrative work of the Mission is fully in the hands of the monks of the Math.
Though the origin of both the Math and Mission can be traced back to the days of the Baranagar Monastery, the Math was registered as a Trust only in 1901, and the Mission, a registered society, in 1909, twelve years after it had been started by Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897.
The major portion of this task they leave to be accomplished by the Ramakrishna Sarada Math and Sarada Mission, which is exclusively a women's organization, having the same ideals but completely separate from the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
www.sriramakrishna.org /activity.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission
Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Belur Math, Calcutta, India - View from the Ganges with the Temples of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda
The Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math is a place of international pilgrimage, significant because Swami Vivekananda placed the relics of Sri Ramakrishna there and envisioned a unique temple to house them.
On his way Swamiji said to the disciple: "Sri Ramakrishna said to me, ‘Wherever you will take me on your shoulders, there I will go and stay, be it under a tree or in a hut.’ It is therefore that I am myself carrying him on my shoulders to the new Math grounds.
www.ramakrishna.org /rmk_ordr.htm   (241 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science is one of the institution in the Vidyalaya.
A modern dairy unit serves as a model for the surrounding villagers and is also used to impart practical training to the students.An extensive orchard, farm and agro forestry, and a sheep and goat rearing unit are maintained.On-campus interviews are arranged with reputed industries for job-placement.
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Maruthi College of Physical Education is one of the institutions in the Vidyalaya which is situated at the 20km from Coimbatore on the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Road.
www.srkv.org   (364 words)

  
 Headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The centre of their rallying was the shrine where they preserved Sri Ramakrishna's relics and carried on his service in a small rented house at Baranagore in Calcutta.
He now recognized in the group of his sannyasin brother disciples, whom Sri Ramakrishna had commissioned to be formed into an Order, the nucleus of the spiritual organization for working out the mission of the Great Master.
In a talk with a disciple, she once said that she used to pray so that the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna may live together and people afflicted with the sufferings of the world should come to them and get peace of mind by hearing from them His words.
www.sriramakrishnamath.org /whatitis/belurmath.shtml   (1327 words)

  
 RKM Ceylon - Ramakrishna Mission Sri Lanka - About Ramakrishna Mission
The Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic association founded by Sri Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897.
Though the Mission with its branches is a distinct legal entity it is closely related to the Ramakrishna Math.
Technically, the Ramakrishna Math is a monastic order, and the Ramakrishna Mission is the part of the organization that carries on activities such as disaster relief, operation of schools and charitable hospitals, and other work.
www.rkmceylon.org /about-ramakrishna-mission.html   (680 words)

  
 Dhaka Calling - Tourist Guide; Destination Dhaka, Bangladesh - Information of Flight, Air Fair, Business Classified
Dhaka's Ramakrishna Mission, branch of the Ramakrishna Mission established in India inspired by the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Hindu reformer and humanist.
All Ramakrishna Mission centres arrange seminars and discussions on various topics of interest and invite scholars from different fields and belonging to different faiths for the purpose.
Sri Ramakrishna was born on 18 February, 1836 in a Brahmin family of modest means in the village of Kamarpukur in Hughli district.
dhakacalling.com /ramakrishna.php   (728 words)

  
 Acknowledgements, Awards - Ramakrishna Mission
The Ramakrishna Mission has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for 1998 for its pioneering role in social, economic, and political transformation through non-violence.
The citation notes that the Ramakrishna Mission "exemplifies the Gandhian spirit of selfless and active social action".
I was fortunate in having known Swami Lokeshwarananda for a number of years, specially during the period I was Patron of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and had received the benefit of his enlightened and affectionate consideration.
www.hinduism.fsnet.co.uk /namoma/awards.htm   (773 words)

  
 Vivekananda Vedanta Network - Ramakrishna Order
To facilitate the work of the Mission Association and for giving it a legal status, a society named the Ramakrishna Mission was registered in 1909 under Act XXI of 1860.
Both the Math and the Mission gradually extended their spheres of activity as a result of which a number of branches in different parts of India and abroad came into existence.
In the West, the branches of the Ramakrishna Order are generally known as "Vedanta Society." It is necessary, moreover, to point out that the appropriation of the name of Sri Ramakrishna or Swami Vivekananda by any institution does not necessarily imply that it is a branch of either the Ramakrishna Math or the Ramakrishna Mission.
www.vivekananda.org /RKOrder.asp   (497 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India accorded permission to the Ramakrishna Mission to start a deemed [to be] university (under University Grants Commission Act) named Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute by a Gazette Notification dated 5 January 2005.
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi Ranchi, Jharkhand: A Faculty of ‘Integrated Rural and Tribal Development’ (IRTD) was started and it is offering a five year integrated MSc Course IRTD and one year Post Graduate Diploma in ‘Agro-based Bio-technology”.
Ramakrishna Mission Loka Siksha Parishad, Narendrapur, West Bengal: On 25 September 2006, a Faculty for Integrated Rural Development and Management (IRDM) at Narendrapur Centre, Kolkota, was inaugurated by the General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
www.srkv.org /colleges/vivek_uni.html   (840 words)

  
 Ramkrishna Mission : Vedanta
In the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, service is not restricted to a particular type of activity conducted at a particular time, but is a way of life.
Ramakrishna monks look upon their Sangha as the mystical body of Sri Ramakrishna, and they learn to merge their individual egos in the collective will of the Sangha.
Ramakrishna monks also follow the path of Jnana and, by the practice of self-analysis, learn to identify themselves with the Pratyagatman or Inner Self which is the unchanging inner witness of all thoughts and actions.
www.rkmissionchapra.info /services.html   (902 words)

  
 Appeal - Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu
Now at las, we are glad to announce that, by the grace of the Lord, the opening of a branch centre of Ramakrishna Mission in Jammu has become a reality.
The Cheques/Demand Drafts drawn in favor of "Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu" may please be sent to the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters, P.O. Belur Math, Dist. Howrah, PIN 711 202.
Donations to Ramakrishna Mission are exempt from Income Tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
www.hinduism.fsnet.co.uk /namoma/appeals/appeal_jammu.htm   (667 words)

  
 RAMAKRISHNA ORDER - UOL Blog
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION is a registered society in which monks of the Ramakrishna Math and lay devotees cooperate in conducting various types of social service, mainly in
It was founded by Sri Ramakrishna’s chief disciple and religious leader, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), who is regarded as ‘one of the main moulders of the modern world,’ in the words of an eminent Western scholar.
The administrative work of the Mission is mostly in the hands of the monks of the Ramakrishna Math, and both have their headquarters at Belur Math.
ramakrishna.zip.net /arch2004-12-26_2005-01-01.html   (887 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Ashram
Sri Ramakrishna is its central source of all power and all activities going on in his name are regarded as manifestation of his divine mission.
The Ramakrishna Mission in Mauritius, was established in October 1939, by Swami Ghanananda.
The dedication ceremony of the marble image of Sri Ramakrishna in the temple shrine was performed in April 1981 by His Holiness, Swami Gambhiranandaji Maharaj,who was then Vice President of the Ramakrishna Mission.
groups.msn.com /RamakrishnaAshram   (318 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The next four and half years -- until the Mahasamadhi of Sri Ramakrishna -- were marked by turbulence and turmoil, the direct result of the perfect master chiselling and shaping the perfect disciple, bur ending in total submission of the latter at the feet of the former.
He formally established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 and consecrated the newly built Belur Math, the Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Monastery, in 1899.
His work is being continued even today by the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, the twin organizations that he established with the motto: Atmano Mokshartham Jagaddhitaya cha, `For the sake of self-realization and the good of mankind.' The Math is unique in that it has charted new avenues in Indian monasticism.
www.rkmasalem.org   (1207 words)

  
 Ramakrishna - Vivekananda Center of New York
It maintains a temple in New York City and the summer cottage at Thousand Island Park, New York, in which Swami Vivekananda lived and taught in the summer of 1895.
Like the other branches in the United States, South America and Europe, the Center is a self-sustaining unit that looks to the Ramakrishna Order for spiritual guidance.
The Center bases its teachings on the System of Vedanta, which combines both the religion and philosophy of the Hindus, especially as explained by Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), his wife and spiritual companion Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) and his disciple Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) and demonstrated in their lives.
www.ramakrishna.org   (294 words)

  
 ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM - Photos of the Ramakrishna Mission in India
The Shrine at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram at Koalpara, in rural Bengal, where Sri Sarada Devi herself installed the photographs of Sri Ramakrishna and herself.
The Universal Temple at the Ramakrishna Mission in Mylapore, Chennai.
Sadhus and residents of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Omkareshwar, which is a haven to monks of the mission who wish to spend some time in quiet solitude and more intense sadhana.
www.atmajyoti.org /images/india_photos/ramakrishna_mission/ramakrishna_mission.asp   (504 words)

  
 The Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa
Sri Ramakrishna went to the heart of the matter and gave us a philosophy as well as a spiritual discipline that uplifts the mind and replenishes the soul thus bringing us joy and fulfilment through our work.
Sri Ramakrishna's seemingly casual utterance to Narendra has been the inspiration behind all the activities that have brought relief to thousands of South Africans especially in the era of apartheid when people were disempowered, humiliated and traumatized.
Sri Ramakrishna says, "The mind cannot dwell on God if it is immersed day and night in worldliness, in worldly duties and responsibilities; it is most necessary to go into solitude now and then and think of God...".
www.ramakrishna-sa.org.za /jyoti.php   (4033 words)

  
 The Begining - Ramakrishna Math & Mission, Lucknow
With the Sevashram having no outward symbol, people from a different community were planning to build their worship centre in the park right opposite the monastery.
It was a difficult task to convince these enthusiasts that a temple dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Ma and Vivekananda was present inside the premises that they believed was only a medical centre.
In June 1970, the President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Helur, Swami Vireshwarananda formally inaugurated the Polyclinic.
www.ramakrishnalucknow.org /thebegining.htm   (1605 words)

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