Bliss
The fulfilment that grows as awareness, character and universal love expand.
ERAWS · Education · Relief · Welfare
Inner awakening.
Outer action.
One human family.
Founded in 1963, ERAWS translates Ánanda Márga’s universal vision into practical service—educating minds, responding to crisis and creating the conditions in which every person can develop with dignity.
Global service networkAwareness in action.
ERAWS
founded1963
founded1963
Awaken ✦ Educate ✦ Serve ✦ Empower ✦ Uplift
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Who we are
A path of bliss expressed through service.
Ánanda means the limitless fulfilment sought through the expansion of awareness, character and love. Márga means a practical path of life integrating physical, mental, social and spiritual development.
Within that wider movement, ERAWS gives education, relief and welfare a dedicated organisational home. Schools, children’s homes, health initiatives, disaster response and community programmes are different expressions of one intention: to help every being move toward greater wellbeing and freedom.
Path
A practical way of life joining self-development, ethical action and collective responsibility.
Service
Education, relief and welfare organised for the all-round progress of individuals and communities.
Inner developmentThe ground of selfless action
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Two wings of one life
Go within.
Move outward.
Ánanda Márga holds self-realisation and service to all as complementary. Meditation expands awareness; service gives that expanding awareness a practical direction in the world.
Inner development
Meditation, ethics, self-discipline and self-knowledge cultivate clarity, courage and universal feeling.
Outward service
Education, relief and welfare turn empathy into organised action that answers real human needs.
Integrated living
Personal progress and collective welfare strengthen one another; neither is complete in isolation.
Shrii Shrii ÁnandamúrtiPrabhat Ranjan Sarkar
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The founding vision
A philosophy meant to become action.
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar—known spiritually as Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti—founded Ánanda Márga in 1955. His vision joined contemplative practice with social transformation and rejected dogma, caste prejudice, exploitation and every narrow division of humanity.
He taught that physical, mental, social and spiritual potential should develop together within a society grounded in justice and universalism. ERAWS emerged in 1963 to give this ideal a practical form through education, relief and welfare.
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Three fields · one purpose
Meet need.
Awaken capacity.
Develop the whole person.
Neohumanist learning develops intellect, empathy, character, creativity and responsibility toward every form of life.
Restore the power to rebuild.
Humanitarian response protects life and dignity, then works with communities toward recovery and resilience.
Create the conditions to flourish.
Care, health, nutrition, inclusion and community development establish foundations for lasting wellbeing.
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A living history
From one town to a global network of service.
Ánanda Márga begins
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar establishes the movement in Jamalpur, India, with the twin direction of spiritual progress and social change.
ERAWS is established
Education, relief and welfare activities gain a dedicated organisational form, beginning with schools and widening into many fields of care.
AMURT begins
The Ánanda Márga Universal Relief Team develops a specialised capacity for disaster response, recovery and community development.
AMURTEL is founded
Women-managed relief and development programmes focus particularly on realities faced by women and children.
A connected worldwide movement
Education, health, children’s care, relief and community initiatives adapt the same service ideal to many cultures and circumstances.
Shared mission
A common philosophy connects education, relief and welfare across regions.
Regional connection
Networks share experience, people and resources across countries and continents.
Local leadership
Programmes are shaped by local needs, languages, cultures and relationships.
Learning network
Practice and insight move through a living network of workers, volunteers and partners.
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Neohumanism
The circle of care has no edge.
Neohumanism widens human concern beyond narrow identities and beyond humanity alone, cultivating responsibility toward animals, plants and the ecosystems that sustain all life.
Dignity beyond difference
Every person belongs to one human family, beyond nationality, race, caste, gender, belief or social position.
Love for all beings
Humanism expands to include animals, plants and every living expression within our shared world.
Responsibility for the whole
Education and development protect natural resources and cultivate an ecological, future-minded outlook.
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Principles in action
Service should leave strength behind.
Good service solves an urgent problem while expanding the confidence, knowledge and cooperation communities can carry forward.
One human family
Apparent differences never cancel the deeper unity and equal worth of all people.
All-round development
Physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions deserve balanced attention.
Equal opportunity
Every person should have the conditions and resources needed to develop their potential.
Service beyond difference
Care crosses barriers of nationality, status, belief, ethnicity and gender.
Local self-direction
Lasting development increases the power of communities to determine their own future.
Care for the whole planet
Human welfare remains inseparable from animals, plants and the natural world.
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A wider family of service
One vision.
Many expressions.
Ánanda Márga Gurukula
Neohumanist education, research and service across schools and institutes.
AMURT
Humanitarian response and development joining urgent assistance with local capacity.
AMURTEL
Women-managed relief and development with women, children and families.
Local projects
Community-rooted centres connecting ecology, agriculture, health, culture and spiritual practice.
A living tradition
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of service.
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