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Ananda Marga News Update - Jan 2009

ampsnys.org

Public Relations Department of A.M.P.S. in New
York Sector expresses the desire be known by the service and the sacrifice reflecting some of the characteristics and ideals of Ananda Marga. New York Sector extends from Alaska to the whole Central America and Caribbean Islands and through this vast area several service projects and activities are brought forward by dedicated volunteers and family people.

eraws.crimsondawn.info

ERAWS is the institutional social service branch of Ananda Marga
dedicated to bringing short term and long-term relief to those in need
around the world.

The website gathers a diverse panorama of service projects in North and Central America that manifest the ideal of universal service. The full spectrum of all the departments of Ananda Marga that refers to ERAWS gives an idea of the vast range of opportunities residing in helping others. So many people and so many ways that is almost impossible to list them all. The website is just started. More material and help for the website itself is needed.

amurthaiti.org

AMURT-Haiti presents itself as a professional volunteer NGO active in community empowerment and sustainable development programs in the NW of Haiti. It is engaged in diverse initiatives focus on creating a community-based model of integrated planning and human/natural resource management in the Anse Rouge bio-region.

The website allows us to get a glimse of the amazing projects happening in the Northeast of Haiti under the banner of AMURT and AMURTEL. Presented as a colorful blog the epic of AMURT Haiti volunteers is depicted through lively stories and professionally prepared video clips. Several innovative projects and the amazing response of the Haitian population have made of AMURT Haiti a model for the whole world.

rajadhirajayoga.net

This site is dedicated for sharing the information about Rajadhiraja
Yoga, the most kingly form of Yoga. You can find all the information
you need to know about Yoga and its practices.

It is a resource of articles regarding yoga in its different aspects. Yoga for health, yoga for kids, yoga for self-realization, yoga philosophy and spirituality in general, all have space under in this wide spectrum website dedicated to popularize this ancient practice and spiritual heritage.

innersong.com

InnerSong - Music for social and spiritual transformation. Offers meditation music, mantra music, Chanting, Relaxation, New Age and World Beat music. Carries the largest selection of Kiirtan titles with styles from all over the world as well as devotional music that blends the timeless message of mystical yearning with social awareness.

It is a commercial website where it is possible to buy a wide selection of Kiirtan and spiritual music. It features also some instructional music cd and inspiring videos. It carries the last album arrivals and ever lasting hits. A bit of taste it is possible to get also through the free music and downloads.

rawa.ru.org

Art has the capacity to awaken social consciousness and
lead a person towards spiritual self-realization. However, in the
present age art has become a slave of both commercial and political
interests. Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, (RAWA), was
founded by
Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar in India in 1958 in order to restore
art to its true role as an instrument for social and spiritual awakening. He envisioned a New Artistic Renaissance where artists and
writers would unite and inspire society to move forward in a progressive
direction. 

prabhatasamgiita.net

Prabháta Saḿgiita is a new trend in the world of music. The compositions are known as 'Songs of the New Dawn'. In Sanskrit Prabháta means 'dawn' and Saḿgiita is 'the totality of song, instrumental play and dance'. They came into being when Shrii Prabhát Ranjan Sarkar composed his first song at Deoghar, India on September 14, 1982. Over the span of eight years the treasure of Prabháta Saḿgiita grew rich in content, style and variety. On October 20th, 1990, the day before Shrii P. R. Sarkar's worldly departure, the number of Prabháta Saḿgiita stood at a staggering 5018.

amurt.net

AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) is one of the few
private voluntary organizations of Third World origin, being
founded in India in 1965. Its original objective was to help
meet the needs of victims of disasters that regularly hit the
Indian sub-continent. Over the years AMURT has established teams
in twentyfive countries, to create a network that can meet
development and disaster needs almost anywhere in the world.

The site is always updated with the latest news of AMURT and AMURTEL activities around the world. A good choice of images and background colors make the visit to the site very pleasant, almost forgetting the calamities that originates the service work done globally.

anandamarga.net

Ananda Marga Global network carries most of the links to Ananda Marga projects around the world. It is a very valuable recourse when you want to get inspired by the activities of the margi around the world. The website carries also a fasting chart that can be updated according to the time zone. The site is edited in Maharlika (Philippines) and it is conceived primarily as an internal website for communication among the Ananda Marga community.

prout.org

PROUT is an acronym for PROgressive Utilization Theory, a socio-economic philosophy that synthesizes the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of human nature. The goal of PROUT is to provide
guidance for the evolution of a truly progressive human society.The website presents a great number of links to both the philosophical and practical example of Prout. It is a global site with global links that need constant attention in order to be updated. A very important site and endeavor. 

upsf.us

U.P.S.F. (Universal Proutist Students Federation) aims to unite all the moralists students of the world. It is a website where lot of material is available. Ecology and animal rights are two of the main subjects. We find also articles on economy and personal writings of students.  We could not find images associated with the student activities. The site is open to student collaboration.

upyf.org

U.P.Y.F. (Universal Proutist Youth Federation is a world wide moralist organization of youths. U.P.Y.F is based on Prout (progressive utilization Theory). There is a good amount of material on the site although it is difficult to find the demarcation between general interest articles and youth specific. The articles are interesting and promote universal ideas. There is space for collaboration to the website and youth can be interested to contact UPYF directly through the contact page.

anandamarga.org

It is the official website for Ananda Marga as a global organization. It is kept very simple and clean in the presentation allowing to easily access to the main features. Among them there is an online course on meditation and yoga philosophy in 8 sessions that is very popular. In the news section it is possible to have Ananda Marga news from all over the world. The online store provides access to Ananda Marga Publications and music CD's. The sections dedicated to Ananda Marga spiritual and social philosophy provide the essentials for understanding the ideology behind Ananda Marga movement. Overall it is a very practical website and it can be offered as a link to any person as an introduction and also in order to access to the ananda Marga Centers all over the world.

Website Reviews

There are several websites that carry very valuable information regarding Ananda Marga.
We offer in these pages a critical review of those we have found most valuable or interesting. 
They are divided into two categories - established websites and emerging websites. Following is a list of websites that we have reviewed:

Established Websites

anandamarga.org

anandamarga.net

prout.org

amurt.net

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