Ananda Marga Caryacarya
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File:Ananda Marga Caryácarya Part 1-2-3 Cover.jpg "Ananda Marga Caryacarya": the front covers of Parts 1, 2 and 3[1] | |
| Author | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Ananda Marga Publications |
| Publication date | 1999 (1987) (IND) |
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| Pages | Part 1=100 pp., Part 2=54 pp., Part 3=76 pp. |
| ISBN | ISBN 81-7252-028-X (Part 1), ISBN (na) (Part 2), ISBN 81-7252-1545 |
| Location in Sarkarverse |
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya (Roman Sanskrit: Ananda Mārga Caryácarya, "Ananda Marga Code") is a series of 3 books which constitutes the "social treatise" (samája shástra)[2] of the social and spiritual movement Ananda Marga[3][4](as given by his founder, the philosopher and social reformer Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar[5] aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.[6]
History
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, the founder of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, constructed the Ananda Marga trishastra – that is, its dharma shastra (spiritual treatise), its darshan shástra (philosophical treatise) and its samája shástra (social treatise) – from the perspective of Ananda Marga’s monistic philosophy. Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Ananda Marga Caryacarya (caryácarya means "code") constitute the samaja shastra. Part 1 sets forth, among other things, guidelines for social functions and ceremonies, such as those for naming an infant, for entering a new house, for giving an invitation, for marriage, for cremation, for tree planting, and for a number of socio-spiritual festivals.
He wrote the original Caryacarya in 1956, almost immediately after the foundation of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha. Then in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's, he added directives for the further benefit of followers of the Marga.[7]
Contents
Ananda Marga Caryacarya is divided into three different books—
| Part | Front cover | Number of chapters | Short description |
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45 | This part deals with the events and ceremonies of Ananda Marga and human life and instructs how to conduct those. |
| Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 2 |  |
9 | This part deals with human society, conduct rules and human body |
| Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 3 |  |
10 | This part deals with all the dos and dont’s related to physical health which must be followed for progress in mental and spiritual sádhaná. |
These three volumes set out both the organization and the cultural basis of the Ananda Marga movement and has been translated into several languages.[8]
References
- ^ "Ananda Marga Caryacarya (Parts 1, 2, and 3) as it appears on the publisher's site" Ananda Marga Publications 2012 retrieved 2012-12-24
- ^ This is also stated by the mention of Caryacarya in several legal documents produced in the Courts of different Countries at any time Ananda Marga has appeared. See f.e.: -India (2004-1): Supreme Court; -India (2004-2): Supreme Court; -Australia (2010): Federal Court; -USA(2011): District Court of Denver.
- ^ The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) 2011, p. 45.
- ^ The quoted official document of "The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies" states "the Ananda Marga religion includes a governance system (Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha or AMPS) which is set out in a sacred text called Carya Carya".
- ^ Giani Zail Singh, seventh president of India has said about Sarkar: "Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was one of the greatest modern philosophers of India. (Inayatullah, 2002).
- ^ Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, Bengali and Hindi. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating sociology, economics, philology and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.
- ^ Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "Ananda Marga Caryacarya" The Electronic Edition of the Works of P. R. Sarkar (in English) (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
- ^ The Spanish edition -retrieved 1 January 2013.
Sources
- Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii (1995 (6th ed.), Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 1, Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications, ISBN 81-7252-028-X
- Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii (1987 (4th ed.), Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 2, Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications
- Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii (1987 (4th ed.), Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 3, Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications, ISBN 81-7252-154-5
- Ghista, Garda (2001), The Status of Women in World Religions, Ananda Marga Publications
- Inayatullah, Sohail (2002), Understanding Sarkar: The Indian Episteme, Macrohistory and Transformative Knowledge, Leiden: Brill
- McGregor-Lowndes, Myles (2011), Legal Almanac. Working Paper No 53 - Queensland University of Technology, pp. 205, The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), ISBN 978-1-921897-00-9
- The Sport Digest (2010), Yoga Teaching Techniques Helping Yoga Practice, US Sports Academy (America's Sports University), ISSN 1558-6448
