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Motto | To give maximum happiness to the maximum number for the maximum time[1] |
Formation | 1953 |
Type | NGO |
Legal status | Trust |
Purpose/focus | Spirituality, Vedanta |
Headquarters | Mumbai |
Location | India |
Headed By | His Holiness Swami Tejomayananda[2] |
Website | http://www.chinmayamission.com/ |
Chinmaya Mission was founded in 1953 by the devotees of Swami Chinmayananda to 'give organizational structure and cohesiveness to the work and activities initiated by Swami Chinmayananda'.[3] It is administered from Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, Mumbai. There are over 300 mission centres all over India and Abroad.[4]
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Swami Chinmayananda, founder of Chinmaya Mission, taught spirituality as the art of living. Through jnana yoga (the Vedantic path of spiritual knowledge), he emphasized the balance of head and heart, pointing out selfless work, study, and meditation as the cornerstones of spiritual practice.
Not satisfied by worldly aspirations or his degrees in literature and law, Balakrishna Menon pursued spiritual studies for nine years in the Himalayas, under the guidance of Swami Sivananda (Divine Life Society) and the tutelage of Swami Tapovanam (Tapovan Maharaj). He eventually came to share this Vedantic knowledge with the masses, in the form of the dynamic teacher known as Swami Chinmayananda.
Swamiji is renowned worldwide as a spiritual master and one of the foremost teachers of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. He is credited with the renaissance of spirituality and cultural values in India, and with the spreading of the ageless wisdom of Advaita Vedanta, as expounded by Adi Shankaracharya, throughout the world.
To provide to individuals, from any background, the wisdom of Vedanta and practical means for spiritual growth and happiness, enabling them to become a positive contributor to the society.
To give the maximum amount of happiness to maximum number of people for the maximum amount of time.[1]
The following activities are conducted at mission centers on a weekly basis:
Chinmaya Mission has 24 temples in India and 7 or more abroad.
Imparting knowledge of Indian Scriptures in English & Regional languages (Free two years residential course, for college graduate students) – 6
Chinmaya Mission has influence in India especially in Southern, Northern & Western India and among Indian as well as many foreign communities in the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries.
Efforts are being made to spread the wings of the Mission to the East of India in the seven sisters especially.