Ananda Marga Caryacarya is the social and spiritual code of Ananda Marga, given by Reverend Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji in three volumes. He set the path out as three treatises, one for spiritual practice, one for philosophy, and one for society. Caryacarya is the social treatise, and it also holds the common daily practice. Part 1 begins with the naming and the first feeding of an infant, and then with initiation. From there it sets out sadhana, the roles of Tattvika, Acharya, and Purodha, and the relation of a person with their Acharya.
It gives the forms of salutation, the collective meditation called Dharma Cakra, personal study, and the larger gathering called Dharma Mahacakra. The same volume walks through the life of a householder, from the foundation of a house to entering that house, planting a tree, starting a journey, marriage, and the birthday. It also sets dress, the social relation of men and women, livelihood, the livelihood of women, economic policy, and inheritance. Later chapters of Part 1 take up science and society, social punishment, the disposal of the dead, the shraddha, widows, and the boards through which the mission is carried.
Part 2 is the conduct book. It returns to sadhana, the body, and society, then gives the fifteen rules of behaviour, the conduct rules for practitioners, and the Sixteen Points. Those points are the daily standard for how a person eats, bathes, studies, serves, and sits for meditation. Part 3 is the practical manual of health and yoga. It sets out bathing, the offering made to the ancestors, eating, fasting, and taking the air.
It then sets physical restraint and general rules of health. The last chapters of Part 3 name the yoga practices, which are asanas, mudras and bandhas, and pranayama. The procedures, the postures, and the personal mantra stay with the Acharya. Taken together, the three volumes are how he wanted the path lived, from the infant to the last rites, and from the daily conduct to the society. A qualified Acharya teaches that personal practice in person.