Organisation
Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS) is an organization and a socio/spiritual movement led by acharyas (or monks/nuns) and laypersons (or margis), practitioners of Ananda Marga meditation. The Ananda Marga Sanskrit motto, given by its founder P. R. Sarkar, is: "Átmamokśártham’ Jagaddhitáya Ca" ("liberation of the self and service for the welfare of all creation"). The highest level of religious minister in AMPS is a Purodha. And specifically the Purodha Pramukha is the spiritual head of Ananda Marga and AMPS. The Global Office is the main representative organ of AMPS, led by the General Secretary. For administrative reasons the structure of the organization is geographically divided into nine sectors, each named after a primary city in the sector:
| World Map of the Ananda Marga organizational sectors | Nr | Sector | Geolocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | the Indian subcontinent | |
| 2 | Hong Kong | North-East Asia | |
| 3 | Manila | South-East Asia | |
| 4 | Suva | Australia, Pacific region | |
| 5 | New York | North and Central America and the Caribbean | |
| 6 | Georgetown | South America | |
| 7 | Berlin | Europe | |
| 8 | Qahira | Balkans, West Asia, North Africa | |
| 9 | Nairobi | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Each sector is subdivided into regions, which again are further divided as per needs. Each of them is led by a Sectorial Secretary, Regional Secretary, and so on. From the organizational side the AMPS was divided by its founder into Departments divided in a number of Sections (with different Branches). To materialize the programs of the different Departments/Sections/Branches there are 35 Boards. The responsibility of the different organizational levels of the structure are generally run by full-time workers, mainly 'WT's ("Ananda Marga wholetimers").
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