Works
"Love is to human heart what sunshine is to the flowers."
- Swami ChinmayanandaSwami Chinmayananda started the tradition of Jnana Yagnas, in an effort to spread the message of the Gita and the Upanishads. Thus the first such Gita Gyana Yagna was held in Pune between December 31, 1951 and April 1952. In his whole lifetime, he performed almost 690 Jnana Yagna.
In 1953, his closest disciples founded the Chinmaya Mission, named so to indicate that the goal of its followers was infinite bliss. During his forty years of travelling and teaching, Swami Chinmayananda opened numerous centres and ashrams worldwide. He also built many schools, hospitals, nursing homes and clinics. He played a major role in the renovation of many temples. His interest in helping the villagers with basic necessities lead to the eventual creation of a rural development project, known as the Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development or CORD. Its National Director, Dr. Kshama Metre was recently awarded the Padma Shree National award in Social Work
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