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Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur
(A branch centre of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission)

Become a Volunteer/Devotee

General Volunteer
Initiated Volunteer/Devotee
General Volunteer
1. Must have devotion for the spiritual ideal (can belong to any religion, language, nationality etc).
2. Must go through the life of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.
3. Regularly visit the Ramakrishna Centre near to your area of residence and keep contact with the monks of the center and take part in the activities.
4. Must have liking for service ideal if he wants to serve poor and needy through the service activities of the center.
Initiated Volunteer/Devotee
1. Must have devotion for Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekannanda (can belong to any religion, language, nationality etc).
2. Must go through the life of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Karma yoga, Raja yoga, Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga of Swami Vivekananda.
3. Accept all other religions as a path to God realization and all gods and goddesses as true.
4. Must have desire to perform spiritual practices like Japa and Meditation etc.
5. Could approach any monk or Monk in charge of the center and get the details for initiation. Usually, the initiation or Mantra Diksha or Guru Upadesam is given by a few selected very senior monks in the order like Rev. President Maharaj, Rev. Vice-president Maharaj etc. Get the details of initiation and express your willingness and the Monk in charge will help in arranging you to get spiritual initiation in the Sri Ramakrishna Mould of Spiritual practices.