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It is a deeply religious body, but it is not a proselytising body. The Mission has developed into a worldwide organisation. It offers help to the afflicted in times of natural calamities like famines, floods and epidemics.
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Ever since its inception, the Mission has been running a number of schools, hospitals, and dispensaries. Vivekananda was for using technology and modern science in the service of mankind. By service, the Divine exists within man. The service of jiva (living objects) is the worship of Siva. Vivekananda advocated the doctrine of service-the service of all beings. The Mission stands for religious and social reform. Vivekananda was a great humanist and used the Ramakrishna Mission for humanitarian relief and social work.
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He called upon his countrymen to imbibe a spirit of liberty, equality and free thinking. He believed that it was an insult to God and humanity to teach religion to a starving man. He frowned at religion’s tacit approval of the oppression of the poor by the rich. He lamented the isolationist tendencies and the touch-me-not attitude of Hindus in religious matters.
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He believed in the fundamental oneness of God and said, “For our own motherland a junction of the two great systems, Hinduism and Islam, is the only hope.” Emphasising social action, he declared that knowledge without action is useless. His mission was to bridge the gulf between paramartha (service) and vyavahara (behaviour), and between spirituality and day-to-day life. He subscribed to the Vedanta which he considered a fully rational system with a superior approach. Certain spiritual experiences of Ramakrishna, the teachings of the Upanishads and the Gila and the examples of the Buddha and Jesus are the basis of Vivekananda’s message to the world about human values.
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He emerged as the preacher of neo-Hinduism. Narendranath Datta (1862-1902), who later came to be known as Swami Vivekananda spread Ramakrishna’s message and tired to reconcile it to the needs of contemporary Indian society. He used to say, “Service of man is the service of God.” Paramhansa’s spirituality and compassion for the suffering humanity inspired those who listened to him. He recognised the fundamental oneness of all religions and emphasised that Krishna, Hari, Ram, Christ, Allah are different names for the same God, and that there are many ways to God and salvation. Paramhansa sought salvation through traditional ways of renunciation, meditation and bhakti amidst increasing westernisation and modernisation. The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission are at Belur near Calcutta. The second objective was taken up by Swami Vivekananda after Ramakrishna’s death when he founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897. Paramhansa himself founded the Ramakrishna Math with his young monastic disciples as a nucleus to fulfil the first objective. (ii) in conjunction with lay disciples to carry on preaching, philanthropic and charitable works, looking upon all men, women and children, irrespective of caste, creed or colour, as veritable manifestations of the Divine. (i) to bring into existence a band of monks dedicated to a life of renunciation and practical spirituality, from among whom teachers and workers would be sent out to spread the universal message of Vedanta as illustrated in the life of Ramakrishna, and