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|motto        = ''Átmamokśárthaḿ jagaddhitáya ca'' (Self-Realisation and Service to the Universe)

|leader_title = Purodha Pramukha

 

'''Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha''' (''society for the propagation of [[Ananda Marga]]''), sometimes abbreviated as '''AMPS''', is the foundation of [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] for which he is best known. Sarkar founded this global, socio-spiritual organization in [[:wikipedia:Jamalpur, Munger|Jamalpur]], [[:wikipedia:Bihar|Bihar]], [[:wikipedia:India|India]] in 1955. From 1955 until his death in 1990, Sarkar frequently expanded the [[#Scope of AMPS|scope of AMPS]] and continually adjusted its inner workings.

The '''organizational''' side of AMPS consists of elected organizational positions and some elected top-level boards. There are also advisory committees and boards (ACBs) for various departments as well as some executive committees and boards, all of which are typically constituted by an elected officeholder. For example, the Purodha Pramukha (the highest authority in AMPS), the Purodha Board, and the Central Committee are all elected by the body of all recognized [[purodha]]s (purodhas in good organizational standing). The Purodha Pramukha is the ex-officio ''chairperson'' of the Purodha Board and also the ex-officio ''president'' of the  Central Committee (often referred to as the ''president'' of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha). As president of the Central Committee, the Purodha Pramukha has the duty and authority to form the Central Executive.<ref name=CC1>{{cite book|ref=harv|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Caryacarya Part 1|year=1995|ISBN=81-7252-028-X}}</ref> The chairperson of the Central Executive Committee is the General Secretary of AMPS. The General Secretary has broad administrative and judicial powers.<ref name=CC1/>

Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha General (AMPS General) consists of 18 departments.

# Tribal People's Welfare (TPW) and Ek Manav Samaj (EMS)

  | footer = The Second President of ''Ananda Marga'', the late [[Acarya Shraddhananda Avadhuta]] (1919-2008).

| '''1963''' || The Education, Relief, and Welfare Section (ERAWS) of AMPS was founded.{{sfn|Bussey|2010|p=79}} The service activities, such as schools, orphanages, and emergency relief work that had begun from the inception of AMPS henceforth were managed by ERAWS. AMPS registered its headquarters at Anandanagar, West Bengal.

July 4: Sarkar was acquitted on appeal.<ref>See [[Times of India|''Times of India'', July 5, 1978]].</ref>{{sfn|Melton|2010|p=105}}

* {{citation|title=The Spiritual Philosophy of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti: a Commentary on Ananda Sutram |last={{aut|Ānanda Mitra Āc.}} |first= Avt. |year=1981 |location=DenverColorado |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |ISBN=81–7252–154–5}}

* {{citation|title=Ánanda Márga Elementary Philosophy |author={{aut|[[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii]]}} |location=Jamalpur |publisher= Ananda Marga Pubs |year=1955 |ISBN=81–7252–117–0}}

* {{citation|title=Discourses on Tantra, vol. 1 |last={{aut|Anandamurti}} |first=Shrii Shrii (Ac. Vijayananda Avt. Editor) |location=Kolkata |publisher= Ananda Marga-Ananda Printers |year=1994 |ISBN=81–7252–112–X}}

* {{citation|title=Discourses on Tantra, vol. 2 |last={{aut|Anandamurti}} |first=Shrii Shrii (Ac. Vijayananda Avt. Editor) |location=Kolkata |publisher= Ananda Marga-Ananda Printers |year=1994 |ISBN=81–7252–112–X}}

* {{citation|title=A Guide to Human Conduct |last={{aut|Anandamurti}} |first=Shrii Shrii |location=Jamalpur |publisher= Ananda Marga Pubs |year=1957-1981 |ISBN=81–7252–103–0}}

* {{citation|title=Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies |last={{aut|Sarkar}} |first=Prabhat Ranjan |location=Jamalpur |publisher= Ananda Marga-Ananda Printers |year=1957 |ISBN= 81–7252–178–2}}

* {{cite book|title=Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 1 |last=Anandamurti |first=Shrii Shrii |year=1995-6th ed. |publisher=''Ananda Marga'' Publications |ISBN=81–7252–028–X}}

* {{cite book|title=Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 2 |last=Anandamurti |first=Shrii Shrii |year=1987-4th ed. |publisher=''Ananda Marga'' Publications}}

* {{cite book|title=Ananada Marga Caryacarya, part 3 |last=Anandamurti |first=Shrii Shrii |year=1992-4th ed. |publisher=''Ananda Marga'' Publications |ISBN=81–7252–154–5}}

* {{cite book|title=Ánanda Sútram |last=Anandamurti |first=Shrii Shrii |location=Jamalpur |publisher= Ananda Marga Pubs |year=1961 |ISBN=81– 7252– 027– 1}}

* Nandita, & Devadatta. (1971). [http://worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/1954270&referer=brief_results Path of bliss: Ananda Marga yoga]. Wichita, Kan: Ananda Marga Publishers.

* {{cite book|title=Problems of the Day |last=Sarkar |first=Prabhat Rainjan |location=Jamalpur |publisher= Ananda Marga Pubs |year=1957-1968 |ISBN=81-7252-019-0}}

* {{cite book|title=Idea and Ideology |author=[[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Sarkar, Prabhat Rainjan]] (Ac. Pranavnanda Avt. Editor) |location=Kolkata |year=1961-2001 |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |isbn=81-7252-205-3}}

* {{cite book|title=Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies |last=Sarkar |first=Prabhat Rainjan |year=1957 first ed. in Bengali, 1983 first ed. in English |location=Jamalpur/Calcutta |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |ISBN=81–7252–178–2}}

* {{cite book|title=The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism |last=Sarkar |first=Prabhat Rainjan |year=1982 |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |location=Kolkata |ISBN=81–7252–168–5}}

* {{cite book|title=Neohumanism in a Nutshell, vol. 1 |last=Sarkar |first=Prabhat Rainjan |year=1987 |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |location=Kolkata |ISBN=81-7252-184-7}}

* {{cite book|title=Neohumanism in a Nutshell, vol. 2 |last=Sarkar |first=Prabhat Rainjan |year=1987 |publisher=Ananda Marga Publications |location=Kolkata |ISBN=81-7252-184-7}}