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''''' Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy''''' is a book of 134 pages and 9 chapters. The volume, part of the literary heritage of the philosopher and social reformer [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]]<ref group=note>[[:wikipedia:Giani 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. (Inayatullah, 2002).</ref> aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (1921–1990), is a compilation of discourses and an introduction to his philosophy.<ref group=note>Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, [[:wikipedia:Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[:wikipedia:Hindi language|Hindi]]. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating [[:wikipedia:Sociology|sociology]], [[:wikipedia:Economics|economics]], [[:wikipedia:Philology|philology]] and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.</ref>

The book, along with "[[Problems of the Day]]", was one of the first–published (of more than 200 books) by the author and contains the elementary philosophy of [[Ananda Marga]], the socio-spiritual movement which he founded in 1955. It has been translated into several languages.{{sfn|Anandamurti|}}{{sfn|Anandamurti|Brasilian ed.}}