Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

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  • Name:
  • Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
  • Born:
  • May 21, 1921
  • Died:
  • October 21, 1990

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Biography

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was a multifaceted personality. He was known as a philosopher, social revolutionary, composer, scientist, social theorist, spiritual leader, writer and linguistic from Jamalpur, Bihar. He is also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. His disciples address him as Baba. He is the founder of spiritual and social organisation - Ananda Marga in 1955. Sarkar was also a prolific writer who contributed poems and other fictional works. He has followers from more than 130 nations. His books have been translated into all the world’s major languages. Sarkar propounded the philosophy of Neohumanism, expanding the spirit of humanism to love all living beings including plants and animals.

 

He was born in 1921 in Bihar. His family originally hailed from Burdwan District in West Bengal. Since childhood he was interested in helping others and showed deep shades of humanity.  He started meditation by himself at an early age and showed knowledge on various topics from an early age. Though he joined Vidyasagar College for higher studies, he discontinued his studies following the death of his father as he had to support his family. In the early 1950’s he worked in railways as an accountant in Jamalpur.

 

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar formed the organization, Ananda Marga in 1955 while working as a railway station. He began training missionaries to spread his teachings of “Self-realization and service to humanity”. His teachings were spread across the country and globe. In 1963, he established the Education, Relief and Welfare Section, which runs schools, orphanages, charity organizations, old age homes etc. Sarkar's "Biopsycology" explains how the traditional tantric science of chakras are related with the body through nerve plexi as physiologic counterparts.

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Updated: June 02, 2014

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