Vivekananda Balaka Sangha

School in Bangalore, India

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Vivekananda Balaka Sangha

Address
Bangalore, India Karnataka
Information
Motto	Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha (आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च) (For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world)
Oversight	Ramakrishna Mission
Website	rkmkmpskamarpukur.org

Vivekananda Balaka Sangha is an institution opened in April 1953 for the education of poor boys. It was established by Swami Yatiswarananda in Bangalore, India.^[1]

History

Yatiswarananda, president of Ramakarishna Math school in Bangalore, was inspired by Sunday schools he saw in the United States. He was impressed at how they promoted the moral and ethical development of children in conjunction with their regular education. When he returned to India, Yatiswarananda planned a similar venture for the spiritual and moral growth of children, in line with the vision of Swami Vivekananda. The result was Vivekananda Balaka Sangha. The institution's first students were local school children.^{[citation needed]}

Current state

Balaka Sangha is currently part of Ramakrishna Math school, and functions as a cultural organisation for boys older than 9. Students are taught Vedic chanting and Bhajan chanting, and are exposed to the cultural and religious heritage of India.^[2]

References

^ Swami Yatiswarananda as We Knew Him Volume 1. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai. 2014. p. 782. ISBN 978-81-7883-580-8.
^ "Ramakrishna Math Bangalore". Ramakrishna Math Bangalore.

Swami Vivekananda

Biography

Birthplace
Prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar
Baranagar Math
Swami Vivekananda's travels in India (1888–1893)
Teachers
at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893)
in California

Works and
philosophy

Teachings and philosophy	Teachings and philosophy Vivekananda and meditation Influence and legacy of Vivekananda Neo-Vedanta
Books	Bibliography Sangeet Kalpataru Bartaman Bharat The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Inspired Talks Jnana Yoga Karma Yoga Lectures from Colombo to Almora My Master Raja Yoga The East and the West
Poems/songs	"Kali the Mother" Khandana Bhava–Bandhana "My Play is Done" The Hymn of Samadhi The Song of the Sannyasin To the Fourth of July Nachuk Tahate Shyama
Lectures	"Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism" Christ, the Messenger Religion not the crying need of India Vedanta Philosophy
Miscellaneous	Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha

Foundations

Disciples
and friends

Monastic disciples	Shuddhananda Virajananda Swarupananda Paramananda
Other disciples and friends	Ajit Singh of Khetri Alasinga Perumal Emma Calvé J. J. Goodwin John Henry Wright Josephine MacLeod Sara Chapman Bull Sister Christine Sister Nivedita Abhayananda William Hastie

Memorials

Vivekananda Rock Memorial
National Youth Day (India)
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Swami Vivekananda Road metro station
Swami Vivekanand Nagar
Vivekanandar Illam
Vivekananda Setu
Swami Vivekananda statue (Golpark, Kolkata)
150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week
Vivek Express

Depictions

Films	Swami Vivekananda (1955) Bireswar Vivekananda (1964) Swami Vivekananda (1998) Swamiji (2012) The Light: Swami Vivekananda (2013)
Dramas	Biley Bireswar