“Freedom Within” Project Liberdades (Project Freedom, free translation) brings yoga to the penitentiary in...
As long as people do not take humanitarian measures for criminals, it is simply absurd to leave them resting uselessly in prisons. The prison environment must be purer, more humane”.
(Shrii Shrii Anandamurtii, Human Society...
Success outside, success within – the history of the Italian Ghrii Acarya Kamaleshvara
Going back to Italy, after his first trip to India to see Baba, Kamaleshvara (Christian Franceschini), he received a task from Acarya Rainjitananda Avadhuta: to organize a speech, in one place where Ananda Marga...
Health Valley offers costless good food in the heart of Salvador, BA (Brazil)
Anyone who arrives at Rua Direita da Piedade in downtown Salvador could confuse Health Valley with one of several local non-vegetarian establishments where local people go during their lunch break. The restaurant does not...
The different ways to practice and enjoy kiirtan
In Ananda Marga, when the subject is kiirtan, what usually comes to mind is the singing of Baba nam kevalam. However, there are different types of kiirtan, not only because the genre exists in...
Baba is named Anandamurti
Baba once told me in his office why he was known as Anandamurtijii. While Baba was studying in Vidyasagar College in Calcutta, he went to Bankura District in West Bengal to attend the marriage...
Special Series: Dharma Pracar Workers – Part 3 – LFTs
For those who want to get to know Ananda Marga better, becoming an LFT (local fulltimer, or full-time volunteer - free translation) can be a great opportunity. First, the candidate must attend an acarya-led...
Special Series: Dharma Pracar Workers – Part 4 – Tattvikas
Tattvikas balance family life and inspiration of people for spiritual philosophy
Tattvika is the name given to instructors qualified to spread the philosophy of Ananda Marga collectively. At the beginning of the Ananda Marga, Baba...
Veggie meatballs from Madhumita, Brazilian pracaraka on Madeira Island
Madhumita was born in Belo Horizonte. She has been a margii for 22 years and was a LFT for 5 years. Since then, she has never ceased to work for Baba's mission. She gave...
Amurtel Romania: magic built with inspiration and hard work
Romania, 1991. After witnessing the inhuman conditions of abandoned children in the then communist government, Gopi Cornelia Fischer, a Swiss margii, and Avadhutika Ananda Sugata Acarya, decided to build a family home in the...
Kiirtan, the powerful music that inspires and uplifts
Baba Nam Kevalam. Three Sanskrit words that became the sound of the beating heart of Ananda Marga. Sung in countless melodies. In all the continents of the world. In individual practices before meditation. In...