{"id":614,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anandamarga.ca\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:22:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anandamarga.ca\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"614\" class=\"elementor elementor-614\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7d8b56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7d8b56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd69444\" data-id=\"fd69444\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcc2f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abcc2f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c40d7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c40d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebbf9c\" data-id=\"2ebbf9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe195c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe195c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ananda Marga Canada<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc051dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc051dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5f497e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5f497e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ananda Marga Canada (AMC) is a charitable organization incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in 1973 and now has members in most of Canada&#8217;s major cities. It is part of an organization called Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS), often called Ananda Marga. <i>Ananda<\/i>\u00a0is a Sanskrit word that means &#8220;Bliss,&#8221; and\u00a0<\/span><i><span lang=\"ES-TRAD\">Marga<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0means Path.\u00a0<i>Ananda Marga<\/i>\u00a0is, therefore,\u00a0<i>The Path of Bliss<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ananda Marga is a global spiritual and social service organization founded in 1955 by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (also known as Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.) The mission of Ananda Marga is self-realization and service to humanity: the fulfillment of all people&#8217;s physical, mental, and spiritual needs. Self-realization is achieved by meditating on the Supreme Consciousness. Rendering selfless service to the needy purifies the mind of the spiritual aspirant. It paves the way for all-round progress, providing positive environs to our fellow humans, animals, plants, and non-living creations.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ananda Marga Canada offers yoga as a comprehensive spiritual lifestyle, including meditation, \u00e1sanas (yoga postures), vegetarianism, social service, and a holistic approach to life.\u00a0Ananda Marga is a comprehensive philosophy and practice. The spiritual practices are based on the ancient Tantra tradition that Lord Shiva gave practical shape around 7,000 years ago and was later revived by Lord Krsna. Shrii Shrii Anandamurti modified those practices for our present day, revived those that were lost, and created some new ones. The new form is called Ananda Marga yoga and meditation.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Human life has three primary strata, physical, mental, and spiritual. Having a human body is the basic requirement for spiritual practice and does not depend on gender, race, religion, nationality, or other relative factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The teachers in Ananda Marga are called Acaryas. They are monks and nuns; the monks are called Dadas (brothers), and the nuns Didis (sisters.) They have all taken training at one of the global training centers in Sweden, the Philippines, and India. They are qualified to teach meditation, give personal guidance in living a yogic lifestyle, offer regular classes, and render social service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ananda Kanak Master Unit is a sustainable living project in Quebec where we hold retreats and seminars and grow organic vegetables during the summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5fdae0\" data-id=\"e5fdae0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are? 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