Ananda Marga

Movement·Founded 1955 CE·No published membership figure. The organisation reports units in more than a hundred countries, with the great majority of initiates in India.

Vedic Religion → Hinduism → Ananda Marga

Branch

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Realisation and service are one practice. Sarkar's formula was self-realisation and service to all beings, and he built the second half into the structure: every monk and nun runs a school, a clinic or a relief unit. Go deeper — context →
The economy is a spiritual question. PROUT, set out in 1959, proposes a floor and a ceiling on income, local cooperative ownership and a cap on the accumulation of physical wealth. Ananda Marga treats it as part of the teaching, not as politics attached to it. Go deeper — context →
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