ANANDAMURTI, Shrii Shrii 1923-1990 (Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar)

PERSONAL:

Born Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, 1923, in Jamalpur, India; name changed, 1955; died October, 1990; son of a railway accounts clerk.

CAREER:

Worked as railway clerk until 1955; Ananda Marga Yoga Society, India, founder and leader, beginning 1955. Renaissance Universal, founder, leader, and teacher of Progressive Utilization Theory (Prout), under name Sarkar, 1958.

WRITINGS:

Idea and Ideology, c. 1959, 7th edition, Ananda Marga Publications (Calcutta, India), 1993.

Ananda Marga (Elementary Philosophy), Ananda Marga Yoga Society (Wichita, KS), 1967.

Baba's Grace Discourses of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, Ananda Marga Publications (Los Altos Hills, CA), 1973.

The Great Universe: Discourses on Society, Ananda Marga Publications (Los Altos Hills, CA), 1973.

A Guide to Human Conduct (originally titled Jiivana Veda), Ananda Marga Publications (Denver, CO), 1980.

The Spiritual Philosophy of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, Ananda Marga Publications (Denver, CO), 1981.

Namami Krshnasundaram, 2nd edition, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1981.

The Liberation of Intellect—Neo-humanism, 3rd edition, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, 1987.

Prout in a Nutshell, translated from Bengali by Acarya Vijaynanda Avadhuta and Jayanta Kumar, Ananda Marga Pracraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1987-1991.

Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life in a Nutshell, translated from Bengali by Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta and Acrya Vishwarupababda Avadhuta, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1988.

Yoga Psychology, translated by Acarya Vijaynanda Avadhuta and Jayanta Kumar, Ananda Marga Publications (Calcutta, India), 1990, 3rd edition, 1998.

Sarkar's Short Stories (for children), Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1990.

Microvitum in a Nutshell, 3rd edition, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1991.

Proutist Economics Discourses on Economic Liberation, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1992.

Prabhat sa'mgiita: Songs of the New Dawn (in Bengali and English), translated by Vijayananda Avadhuta and Ananda Mitra, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1993.

Discourses on Tantra, two volumes, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1993-94.

Narira maryada, Paribe'saka Prabhata Libreri, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1994.

The Awakening of Women, translated by Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta and Avtk. Ananda Rucira Ac., Ananda Marga Publications (Calcutta, India), 1995.

Shabda cayanika (dictionary; in English and Bengali), Ananda Marga Publications (Calcutta, India), 1996.

Ananda-bacanamrtam, Paribe'saka Prabhata Laibreri, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (Calcutta, India), 1997-1998.

Some writings published under the name Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Tadblavananda Avadhuta, Acharya, Glimpses of Prout Philosophy, Central Proutists Publications (Copenhagen, Denmark), 1981.