Our philosophy is inspired and guided by the Late Swami Chinmayananda’s principles.

Swami Chinmayananda was a world-renowned authority on the scriptures of India, especially Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. He worked relentlessly for about 40 years to bring about spiritual revival in India and abroad. His unique style and logical approach is appealing to all-young and old.
(Acknowledgement: Chinmaya Mission, Chicago).

He rightly pointed out, “Charity must come from one’s sense of abundance. True charity springs from the sense of oneness between the giver and the recipient. Unless one is able to identify oneself with others, one will not feel the noble urge to share one’s possessions with others. Thus charity is born out of a capacity to restrain one’s instincts of acquisition and aggrandizement, and to replace these with the spirit of sacrifice.

In the name of charity many a things are ordinarily done in society which destroy both the giver and the recipient. Therefore gifts should be given in accordance with certain norms. Gifts should be given with faith. We can have faith only in what we understand to be right. Therefore charity is acceptable only when it toes the line of our independent, intellectual beliefs and convictions. Unless we are convinced of the nobility and unless we have come to a correct, independent, judgment of the worthiness of the cause, charity should not be practiced. Every benefactor has the right to inquire into the cause that he is trying to patronize”.
(Acknowledgement: Tapovan Prasad, January 1996)

Till date, we hold these inspiring words in high regard and continue to conform to Swamiji’s meaning of charity while setting up numerous charitable organizations for the welfare of the needy.