aims and objectives of Ramakrishna Order

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Kristen Anne Hardy <umhardy

monastic regulations?

>Is there an available (published? online?) 'code of behaviour' that

>brahmacharis and/or monks of the Ramakrishna Order are to follow?

>Do monastic agree to follow a longer, formal set of vows, or simply

>a few simple, broad ones?

>Thanks,

>Vidyapriya

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The following ideals and objectives are followed strictly by the monks

of Ramakrishna Order:

 

The following resolutions were passed at Swami Vivekananda's instigation

(on May 1, 1897 for Ramakrishna's monastic and lay disciples.

 

1. An association is to be founded under the name of the Ramakrishna

Mission.

2. Its aim is to preach the truths which Ramakrishna, for the god of

humanity, preached and taught by the practice of his own life, and to

help others to put them into practice in their lives for their temporal,

mental, and spiritual progress.

3. Its duty is to direct in a fitting spirit the activities of this

movement, inaugurated by Ramakrishna " for the establishment of

fellowship among the followers of different religions, knowing them all

to be only so many forms of one undying Eternal Religion.

4. Its methods of actions are i) " to train man so as to make them

competent to teach such knowledge or sciences as are conducive to the

material and spiritual welfare of the masses; ii) to promote and

encourage arts and industries; iii) to introduce and spread among the

people in general Vedantic and other religious ideas as elucidated in

the life of Ramakrishna,

5. It was to have two branches of action: The first to be Indian: Maths

(monasteries) and Ashramas (convents for retreats) were to be

established in different parts of india for the education of Sannyasins

and lay brethren (householders) 'as may be willing to devote their lives

to the teachings of others'. The second foreign: it was to send members

of the Order into countries outside India for the foundation of

spiritual centers, and ;for creating a close relationship and spirit of

mutual help and sympathy between the foreign and the Indian centers.

6. 'The Aims and Ideals of the Mission being purely spiritual and

humanitarian, it would have no connection with politics.

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c s shah

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