Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsang Unofficial

Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra was born on 14
September 1888, in the village of Himaitpur, in the
Pabna District of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in
Undivided India. His father was Sri Sivachandra
Chakravarty (Shandilya Gotra Kanyakubja
Brahmin) and his mother was Manomohini Devi.
Both his parents were extremely devoted to God.
His mother Manomohini Devi received Diksha
(Initiation) in her dream when she was sleeping at
the age of five and got the holy mantra (Satnam).
Her Guru was Huzur Maharaj of Dayalbagh,
Radhaswami Satsang of Agra.
From the very beginning, Sri Sri Thakur
Anukulchandra was extremely devoted to his
parents, and accepted his mother as his guru
throughout his life. To propound and propagate his
philosophy, he set up an Ashram first at Pabna
(later it was named Satsang Ashram by his
mother) and then at Deoghar in India in 1946. The
Satsang ashram at Deoghar has now become a
major attraction in Deoghar.[1][2]
When Sri Sri Thakur was old enough, mother
Monomohini Devi contacted Sri Sarkar Sahib (the
successor of Huzur Maharaj) of Radhaswami
Satsang, Dayalbagh, Agra for the purpose of
Diksha. He instructed her through letter to give
the diksha herself. During Diksha, she told young
Anukulchandra the Holy Name, something he had
been chanting from inside her womb. The moment
the name reached him, he went into a slight
trance state with the name vibrating throughout
his whole being; in that state he saw a figure
resembling Sarkar Sahib, the very same moment
Sarkar Sahib died for the eternal abode, having
been blessed by the vision of the Lord of all Lords
in his final moment in some other realm. Sri Sri
Thakur always regarded his mother as his Guru.
In his younger years (from around 24 to 26 years
old) he would do Kirtan with his followers.
Sometimes during kirtan, he would go into a
trance, something common with the earlier
Purushottams Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. But unlike them, he
also spoke in an assortment of languages so
varied and so many, that the lack of proper
scribes resulted in most sayings not being written
down. It was only later, when his name started
spreading everywhere, that people of high
educational merit started coming and they wrote
down whatever they could understand and grasp
amid this flurry of heavenly messages. His
utterances of only 72 days were later collected
and published in a book called Punyapunthi or The
Holybook.
In 1946 he moved to Deoghar, where he left his
mortal frame on 26 January 1969.
Philosophy and Teachings
According to Sri Sri Thakur the purpose of our life
is Ishwarprapti, to attain mastery over every
aspect of our life, character and everything, so we
become like a dew-drop reflecting the light of the
sun of our life - The Supreme Father, the Lord of
all Lords. The pillars of life and growth, according
to him, are Jajan , Jaajan, Ishtabhriti, Swastayani
and Sadachar. The way to ensure that good souls
tread the world, as he stressed, are: Diksha
(Initiation), Shiksha (Education) and Vivaha
(marriage) done according to the way of the
natural laws of the Supreme Father. He gives
detailed instruction in his books and verses as to
how to conduct oneself in life.
As is seen from the lives of all previous prophets,
he did not need to "set up" an organization; the
organization evolved around him spontaneously as
one would expect lush greenery to sprout around
a source of water. Schools, charitable hospitals,
engineering workshops, a publishing house, and a
printing press came up. Never did he need to
write a book by hand except one—Satyanusaran
("The Pursuit of Truth"), but this was only a letter
to one of his disciples, Atulchandra. However,
conversations of various people with Sri Sri Thakur
were recorded, and his sayings were compiled.
His message relating to the well-being of mankind
were published in various volumes in English and
Bengali. Among these compilations are:
• Satyanusaran
• Narir Neeti
• Narie Pathe
• Pather Kodi
• Punyapunthi
• Anushruti
• Chalar Sathi
• Shashvati
• Pritibinayak
• Adarsh Binayak
• Alochana Prasanga
• Deeprakshi
• The Message
• Vigayn Vibhuti
• Katha Prasange
• Nana Prasange
• Vivah Vidhayana
Books on Sri Sri Thakur
The major biographies of Sri Sri Thakur are:
• Jemon Taakey Dekhi by Srinath in Bengali
• Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra by Sri
Satishchandra Jowardar
• Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra by Sri Rabindranath
Ray
• Dayal Thakur by Sri Narayan Prasad[note 1]