Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar: Difference between revisions

Sarkar claims to have developed both ''Ánanda Márga'' and the ''[[Progressive Utilization Theory]]'' as practical means to encourage harmony and [[:wikipedia:co-operation|co-operation]] to help society escape this proposed cycle. Sarkar argues that once the social cycle is understood and ''[[:wikipedia:sadvipras|sadvipras]]'' evolved, then the periods of exploitation can be largely reduced, if not eliminated. With leadership that is representative of all aspects of the ''varnas'' — that is, the leader engaged in service, who is courageous, who uses the intellect for the benefits of others, and who has innovative/entrepreneurial skills — the cycle can become an upward spiral.{{sfn|Inayatullah|1988|p=54-65}}

Sarkar's [[:wikipedia:concept|concept]] of ''karma samnyasa'' refers to the principle that a [[:wikipedia:yogi|yogi]] becomes a person with all-round development and a balanced mind, that he called a ''[[:wikipedia:sadvipra|sadvipra]]''; and that this is accomplished by someone who remains fixed on the "supreme" [[:wikipedia:consciousness|consciousness]] through transformative personal practices and engaging in the politics of social [[:wikipedia:Liberty|liberation]] as a form of [[:wikipedia:Social work|service work]].{{sfn|Hatley|1999|p=139-151}}

[[File:01-Nursery School Bucarest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Ananda Marga]]'' in [[Bucharest]], Romania]]

The vast linguistic work of Sarkar has been published in several volumes including: ''[[Varna Vijinana]]'' (Science of Letters), ''[[Sarkar's English Grammar and Composition]]'', ''[[Varna Vicitra]]'' (Various Uses of Letters) (8 volumes), and the Bengali encyclopaedia ''[[Shabda Cayanika]]'' (A Collection of Words) (26 volumes) (unfinished).

In ''Varna Vijinana'' (The Science of Letters),{{sfn|Sarkar|2000}} he presents the eight criteria which define a language. In his book ''Talks on Prout'' (July 1961, Ranchi)<ref name="Talks on Prout">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Talks on Prout (also in ''Prout in a Nutshell'' Part 15)|url=http://brauliobo.org/worksprsarkar/HTML/Discourses/Talks_on_Prout.html|accessdate=Sept 2013|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications}}</ref> Sarkar considers languages as a part of natural diversity and calls for the adoption of a [[global language]] and [[Writing system|script]], to enable better global communication and understanding. "We should love all these languages, hate none, and adopt one of these languages as the world language. As all languages are our common property, we should not oppose the existence of other languages. We should not brand any language as foreign or national.".{{sfn|Sarkar|1968}}

According to Sarkar, "Education is for [[Moksha|Liberation]]." He defines education as the simultaneous development in the physical, mental and [[Spirituality|spiritual]] [[realm]]s of human [[existence]], by which, dormant human [[potentialities]] would be awakened and put to proper use. Sarkar firmly believed that real education leads to a pervasive [[Feeling|sense]] of love and [[compassion]] for all creation. In Ananda Marga education system, special emphasis is given to [[Morality|moral]] education and the inculcation of idealism together with a proper psycho-pedagogical approach and an happy blending of occidental extroversial science and oriental introversial philosophy.

Although Sarkar spent only seventeen years of his life working full-time for his organisations (1966–1971 & 1978–1990), he left behind a vast legacy, including over 250 books written on a wide variety of topics. Many of this books are compilation or collections of speeches given by the author during spiritual or social meetings. He is primarily known as the [[spirituality|spiritual]] teacher behind [[Ananda Marga]], but Sarkar wrote over 1500 pages on his economic [[Progressive Utilization Theory]] (PROUT) and several thousand more pages dedicated to [[linguistics]] and the study of [[language]]s; Sarkar's writings on linguistics included among other works, ''Shabda Cayanika'' ("A Collection of Words"), an unfinished, twenty-six volume dictated encyclopaedia on the [[Bengali language]].{{sfn|Ānandamūrti|1996|p=9}} Beyond this he wrote books on sociology, agriculture, history, literature, education, medicine, [[cosmology]], and philosophy, also notably founding the philosophy of Neohumanism in 1982 and the Theory of Microvita in 1986. In his Theory of Microvita, Sarkar "believed that the atoms and the subatomic particles throughout the boundless universe are imbued with life."<ref name="The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies">{{cite book|title=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WzxQAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=6 November 2012|year=1998|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies.|page=101}}</ref>

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