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| birth_place = [[Jamalpur, Bihar]], [[British Raj]] | | birth_place = [[Jamalpur, Bihar]], [[British Raj]] | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = 1990 October 21 (aged 69) | ||
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India | | death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India | ||
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'''Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar''' (21 | '''Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar''' (1921 May 21 – 1990 October 21), also known by his spiritual name, '''Shrii Shrii Anandamurti''' and known as '''Baba''' to his disciples, was an [[Indian philosopher]], author, social revolutionary, poet, composer, and linguist. Sarkar was the founder of ''[[Ananda Marga]]'' (''the Path of Bliss'') in 1955, a spiritual and social organisation that offers instruction in meditation and [[yoga]]. [[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]], seventh [[President of India]], has said about Sarkar: "Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was one of the greatest modern philosophers of India."<ref>[[Sohail Inayatullah|Inayatullah, Sohail]]. (2002) [http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/Understanding_Sarkar.html?id=B3rXAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y ''Understanding Sarkar: The Indian Episteme, Macrohistory and Transformative Knowledge'']. Leiden: [[Brill Publishers|Brill]], ISBN 9004121935, [http://www.metafuture.org/Books/Understanding_Sarkar_Brill.htm authors book page].</ref> | ||
Sarkar's system of spiritual practice has been described as a practical synthesis of [[Vedas|Vedic]] and [[Tantra|Tantric]] philosophies.{{sfn|Ishwaran|1999|p=9}} He denounced materialism and capitalism, and described the [[universe]] as a result of macropsychic [[conation]] – the entire universe exists within the cosmic mind, which itself is the first expression of consciousness coming under the bondage of its own nature. | Sarkar's system of spiritual practice has been described as a practical synthesis of [[Vedas|Vedic]] and [[Tantra|Tantric]] philosophies.{{sfn|Ishwaran|1999|p=9}} He denounced materialism and capitalism, and described the [[universe]] as a result of macropsychic [[conation]] – the entire universe exists within the cosmic mind, which itself is the first expression of consciousness coming under the bondage of its own nature. | ||