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{{Infobox organization
| image = Chinmaya Mission Logo.jpg
| alt = Chinmaya Mission
| caption = Chinmaya Mission Logo
| motto = To give maximum happiness to the maximum number for the maximum time
| formation = 1951
| extinction = 
| type = Spiritual organization<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinmaya Mission|url=https://chinmayala.org/content/chinmaya-mission|website=Chinmaya Mission Of Los Angeles|publisher=Chinmaya Official Website|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421103840/http://chinmayala.org/content/chinmaya-mission|archive-date=21 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| status = Trust
| purpose = Spirituality, [[Vedanta]]
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| coords = 
| language = 
| leader_title = Headed By
| leader_name = Swami Swaroopananda
| main_organ = Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
| founder = Swami [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]]
| name = Chinmaya Mission
| location = 300 Centres
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{url|http://www.chinmayamission.com/}}
}}

The '''Chinmaya Mission''' is a [[Hindu]] religious and spiritual organization engaged in the dissemination of [[Vedanta]], the science of the self as expounded in the [[Vedas]], particularly the [[Upanishads]], and other Hindu scriptures such as the [[Bhagavad Gita]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chinmayala.org/content/chinmaya-mission|title=Chinmaya Mission {{!}} CMLA|website=chinmayala.org |access-date=2017-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421103840/http://chinmayala.org/content/chinmaya-mission |archive-date=21 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~venkat/Chinmaya%20Mission%20Delhi.htm|title=History of Chinmaya Mission|website=cseweb.ucsd.edu|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> The Chinmaya Mission was established in India in 1953 by devotees of the renowned Vedanta teacher Swami [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]] from present-day [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinmayavvdelhi.ac.in/history.php |title=Chinmaya |publisher=Chinmaya Mission |access-date=2017-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506072029/http://www.chinmayavvdelhi.ac.in/history.php|archive-date=6 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Administered by the Central Chinmaya Mission Trust in Mumbai, India, the mission was later headed by Swami [[Tejomayananda]] and is now headed by Swami Swaroopananda. There are over 313 mission centres all over India and abroad. North America had more than 30 centres.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2059111871.cms today it has over 300 centres across the world..] ''[[Times of India]]'', December 25, 2001.</ref> It is currently administered by Central Chinmaya Mission Trust (CCMT) in Mumbai, India, headed by Swami Swaroopananda.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Mission|url=http://www.chinmayamission.com/who-we-are/the-mission/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Chinmaya Mission Worldwide|language=en-US}}</ref>

The motto of Chinmaya Mission is "to give maximum happiness to maximum people for maximum time." It does not seek to convert other religious practitioners.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
===Foundation===
Swami [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/8-may-1916-chinmayananda-saraswati-indian-spiritual-leader-was-born|title=8 May 1916: Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader, was born|website=www.mapsofindia.com|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dlshq.org/saints/chinmaya.htm|title=His Holiness Sri Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati Maharaj|website=www.dlshq.org|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref> the founder of Chinmaya Mission, was born in the city of [[Ernakulam]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. He taught spirituality as the art of living. Through [[jnana yoga]] (the Vedantic path of spiritual knowledge), he emphasized the balance of head and heart, pointing out selfless work, study, and meditation as the cornerstones of spiritual practice.

Doubting the teachings of the sages in the Himalayas, Balakrishna Menon met [[Swami Sivananda]] ([[Divine Life Society]]), who initially guided him in spiritual studies and then placed him under the tutelage of Swami Tapovanam ([[Tapovan Maharaj]]), with whom he pursued spiritual studies for nine years. He eventually came to share this Vedantic knowledge with the masses, in the form of the dynamic teacher known as Swami Chinmayananda.

Swamiji is a teacher of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. He is often credited with the renaissance of spirituality and cultural values in India, and with the spreading of [[Advaita Vedanta]], as expounded by [[Adi Shankaracharya]], throughout the world.

===After Chinmayananda===
After Chinmayananda attained [[mahasamadhi]] in 1993, his disciple [[Swami Tejomayananda]] (known as ''Guruji'') became the global head of Chinmaya Mission. Under Guruji, projects such as the [[Chinmaya International Foundation]] and the [[Chinmaya International Residential School]] were taken up.

In January 2017, Swami Tejomayananda assigned the headship of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide to Sri [[Swami Swaroopananda]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinmayauk.org/news/official-handover-pujya-guruji-swami-tejomayananda-watch-live-stream/|title=Official handover by Swami Tejomayananda on 19 January 2017 – watch the live stream Chinmaya Mission UK|website=www.chinmayauk.org|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiandownunder.com.au/2016/12/pujay-guruji-swami-tejomayananda-hands-over-the-reins-of-chinamaya-mission-to-swami-swaroopnanada-on-january-19-2017/|title=Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda hands over the reins of Chinamaya Mission to Swami Swaroopnanada on January 19, 2017 {{!}} The Indian Down Under|website=www.indiandownunder.com.au|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>

==Activities==

The following activities are conducted at mission centers on a weekly basis:

=== Bala Vihar ===
Bala Vihar is a program in which children from age five to eighteen meet on a weekly basis to learn about Hindu culture, customs, and philosophy. Bala Vihar is a program that is conducted throughout the world, not just in India, from countries such as the United States, UK, and Australia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chinmayamission.com/what-we-do/activities/balvihar/|title=Balvihar {{!}} Chinmaya Mission Worldwide|work=Chinmaya Mission Worldwide|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indoamerican-news.com/training-teachers-for-a-fulfilling-bala-vihar-at-chinmaya-mission/|title=Training Teachers for a Fulfilling Bala Vihar at Chinmaya Mission {{!}} Indo American News|website=www.indoamerican-news.com|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> Some centers also have a version called Sishu Vihar, which is meant for children aged 2 to 4.

=== Chinmaya Yuva Kendra ===
CHYK – Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, known as CHYK, is the global youth arm of Chinmaya Mission. It is meant for youth aged 18–30 and its motto is, "Harnessing Youth Potential through Dynamic Spirituality".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chinmayamission.com/what-we-do/activities/chyk/|title=Chinmaya Yuva Kendra {{!}} Chinmaya Mission Worldwide|work=Chinmaya Mission Worldwide|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref> CHYK conducts many camps and sessions throughout the world. CHYK West is a similar organization that operates in the West (United States, UK, etc.).

=== Other activities ===
* Study groups for adults
* Chinmaya Vanprastha Sansthan for senior citizens (India and UK)

===Medical facilities===
* Hospital – 1
* Nurses Training Centre – 1
* Diagnostic Centre – 14
* Eye camp in the rural areas – 1
* Adoption of villages for providing social and medical relief – 120
* Senior Citizen Homes – 8
* Income generating schemes for downtrodden women – 1
* Children Welfare Centre – 1
* Goshalas – 4
[[File:Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Pallavur.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pallavur Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Palakkad, Kerala]]

===Educational field===
* Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth http://chinmayauniversity.ac.in/
* Chinmaya College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Tripunithura
* Schools (Regular) – 70
* [[Chinmaya International Residential School]] – 1
* [[Harihar]] Schools (Free education & vocational training for downtrodden children for self-sufficiency) – 3
* Colleges – 4
* Degree College – 1
* Chinmaya Institute of Higher Learning – 1
* Chinmaya Heritage Centre – 1
* Value based Vision Programme for schools (Regularly conducted in various parts of India)
* Institute of Management – 1
*Chinmaya Academy for Civil Services - https://www.chinmayaias.com

===Rural development===
[[File:A meeting of Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development CORD, at Siruvani, Coimbatore.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A meeting of '''CORD''', at Siruvani, [[Coimbatore]]]]
Chinmaya Mission undertakes activities of Rural Development via its wing [[Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development|Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD)]]

===Environment related===

Chinmaya Mission, Sikkim Centre has established CHINMAYA SMRITI VANAM at Bulbuley, Gangtok, Sikkim, India in 1995 and have planted till now more than 10,000 ( ten thousand ) trees sapling most of which have grown now into full trees.

===Studies in Indology===
*[[Chinmaya International Foundation]] (CIF), [[Veliyanad]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]]

===Cultural field===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070415/http://chinmayamission.com/ashram-sandeepany-mumbai.php Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai]
Imparting knowledge of Indian scriptures in English and regional languages (Free two years residential course, for college graduate students) – 6
* Seminars on public speaking for Youth
* Leadership and personality development for youth and adults
* [http://chinmayanaadabindu.org/ Chinmaya Naada Bindu: Gurukul of Indian Performing Arts]
* Centre for World Understanding – 1

==Areas Served==
The Chinmaya Mission has influence in whole of [[India]] as well as in many foreign communities in [[Australia]], [[England]], [[New Zealand]], [[Nigeria]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lagosmart.net/chinmaya/Lagos.htm|title=Chinmaya Mission - Nigeria - Chinmaya Foundation Trust|website=lagosmart.net|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref> [[South Africa]], [[United States of America]] and other countries.

==Ashrams==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070415/http://chinmayamission.com/ashram-sandeepany-mumbai.php Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070426/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-sandeepany-himalayas.php Chinmaya Tapovan Trust, Sidhbari]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070423/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-sandeepany-chokkahalli.php Chinmaya Sandeepany, Karnataka]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070432/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-sandeepany-kolhapur.php Chinmaya Sandeepany, Kolhapur, Maharashtra]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070428/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-gardens-coimbatore.php Chinmaya Gardens, Coimbatore]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070415/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-tapovan-kuti.php Tapovan Kuti, Uttarkashi]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130907075557/http://www.chinmayamission.com/chinmaya-vibhoooti.php Chinmaya Vibhooti, Kolwan, Pune]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019070421/http://www.chinmayamission.com/ashram-krishnalaya.php Chinmaya Krishnalaya, Piercy, CA, USA]

[http://www.chinmayamission-mangalore.com/ SharadaSannidhi, Mangalore, Karnataka]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140528182111/http://chinmaya.com.au/contact-us/sydney/ Sydney, NSW, Australia]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150208095256/http://chinmayaranyam.org/saradatapovan.html Chinmayaranyam, Andhra Pradesh]

Chinmaya Mission, Sikkim Centre Ashram at Saramsa, Near Jalipool, near Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Chinmaya Mission at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Paramdham Ashram at [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]

[http://www.chinmaya-aa.org Chinmaya Mission Avantika. Ann Arbor, MI. USA]

[http://www.chinmayavrindavan.org/ Chinmaya Vrindavan. Cranbury, NJ, USA.]

CHINMAYA “OMKARA”- NW.INDIANA-USA www.chinmaya-nwindiana.org
8705 Merrillville Road.
Merrillville Indiana-46410 USA

BADRI- YAMUNOTRI- GANGOTRI-
Chinmaya Mission Chicago
www.mychinmaya.org

Chinmaya Hamsa Vahini -Peoria-USA

Chinmaya Prabha -Houston- USA

Chinmaya Kashi - Los Angeles-USA

==See also==
* [[List of Hindu organisations]]
* [[Sivananda Saraswati|Swami Sivananda]]
* [[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)|Swami Dayananda]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Chinmaya Mission}}

* {{Official website|www.chinmayamission.com}}

{{Hindu reform movements}}

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