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Sitting, watching the Mother Ganga in her incessant hurry, I seemed to hear the word interlaced in roar,
"Son, don't you see me; born here in the Himalayas, I rush down to the planes taking with me both life and
nourishment to all in my path. Fulfilment of any possession is in sharing it with others." I felt encouraged!
I felt reinforced! The urge became irresistible!
-Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda
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The Chinmaya Mission was founded in 1953 by
Swami Chinmayananda,
with the primary aim to spread the wisdom of Vedanta to any seeker, of
any nationality, caste or group, to enrich and enable them become positive
contributors to society.
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The genesis of this mission itself lay in the turbulent conditions of a materialistic world, where Swamiji
observed that despite scientific and material progress, man remained insecure and incomplete, while
happiness continued to be elusive. Such a paradox was the subject of deep investigation by the rishis (seers)
even in ancient India. It was this revelation of man’s perennial quest that led the ancient rishis to
encapsulate their vision of the art of living and the science of life in the philosophy called Vedanta.
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However, in the early 1950s, Vedanta was the preserve of a small group of orthodox priests. Swami Chinmayananda,
who had learned Vedanta from his guru, Swami Tapovanam,
decided that this priceless knowledge must be spread amongst the masses if society must be uplifted and bettered.
Thus was born the Chinmaya Mission in 1953, to pioneer the spreading of the wisdom of Vedanta through public pulpits.
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