Belur math

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Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission are twin
organizations which form the
core of a worldwide spiritual
movement (known as
Ramakrishna Movement or
Vedanta Movement), which aims
at the harmony of religions,
harmony of the East and the
West, harmony of the ancient
and the modern, spiritual
fulfillment, all-round
development of human faculties,
social equality, and peace for all
humanity, without any
distinctions of creed, caste, race
or nationality.

RAMAKRISHNA MATH is a
monastic organization for men
brought into existence by Sri
Ramakrishna (1836-1886), the
great 19th century saint of Bengal
who is regarded as the Prophet of
the Modern Age.
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION is a
registered society in which monks
of Ramakrishna Math and lay
devotees cooperate in conducting
various types of social service
mainly in India. It was founded
by Sri Ramakrishna’s chief
apostle, Swami Vivekananda
(1863-1902), one of the foremost
thinkers and religious leaders of
the present age, who is regarded
as ‘one of the main moulders of
the modern world’, in the words
of an eminent Western scholar A.
L. Basham.
Although Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission are legally
and financially separate, they are
closely inter-related in several
other ways, and are to be
regarded as twin organizations.
The Math and the Mission together
have 178 branch centres all over
India and in different parts of the
world.
The Headquarters of these centres
are situated in Belur Math. All
branch centres of Ramakrishna
Math come under the
administrative control of the
Board of Trustees, whereas all
branch centres of Ramakrishna
Mission come under the
administrative control of the
Governing Body of Ramakrishna
Mission.
Goals and Objectives
The main goals and objectives of
these twin organizations, based on
the principles of Practical Vedanta ,
are:
To spread the idea of the
potential divinity of every being
and how to manifest it through
every action and thought.
To spread the idea of harmony
of religions based on Sri
Ramakrishna’s experience that
all religions lead to the
realization of the same Reality
known by different names in
different religions. The Mission
honours and reveres the
founders of all world religions
such as Buddha, Christ and
Mohammed.
To treat all work as worship,
and service to man as service to
God.
To make all possible attempts
to alleviate human suffering by
spreading education, rendering
medical service, extending help
to villagers through rural
development centres, etc.
To work for the all-round
welfare of humanity, especially
for the uplift of the poor and the
downtrodden.
To develop harmonious
personalities by the combined
practice of Jnana, Bhakti, Yoga
and Karma.
The motto of Ramakrishna Math
and Ramakrishna Mission is:
Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha,
“For one’s own salvation, and for the
welfare of the world”.