Sri Sri Thakur is regarded as Purusottam by millions of his devotees irrespective of caste, creed and community all over the world. Anukulchandra was born on 14th September 1888 in the village of Himaitpur, in the Pabna District of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in Undivided India. His father was Shivchandra Chakraborty ( Shandilya Gotra Kanyakubja Brahmin) and his mother was Manmohini Devi. Anukulc
handra set up a Satsanga ashram, first at Pabna in Bangladesh, and then at Deoghar in India, for fostering spiritual development. The four ideals of Satsanga are education, agriculture, industry, and good marriage. Actually Anukulchandra did not 'set up' any organization. The organization evolved around Him. Schools, charitable hospitals, engineering workshops, a publishing house, and a printing press came up. Except one -Satyanusaran' ( The Pursuit of Trth), but this was only a letter to one of His disciples Atulchandra. Howver, conversations of various people with Sri Sri Thakur was recorded, and His direct sayings were compiled. This has given birth to the vast literature of His direct teachings; noted among these are Satyanusaran, Punyapunthi, Anushruti, Chalar Sathi, Shashvati, and Pritibinayak. 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. The pillars of Life and Growth according to him are Jajan , Jaajan, Ishtabhriti, Swastayani and Sadachar. And the way to ensure good souls tread the world, what he stresses on are: Diksha (Initiation), Shiksha (Education) and Vivaha (marriage), done according to the way of the natural laws of the Supreme father. He used to do 'Kirton'/Naam-Kirton ( "Hare Rama- Hare Krishna"). Sometimes during this, he would go into a trance. His utterances during these trances known as “messages” were later collected and published in a book called Punyapunthi. It was at this time that he started being addressed as “Thakur”. In 1946 Anukulchandra went to Deoghar in Bihar and an Ashram came up there on the model of Satsang. He did not return to Pabna after the partition of India, but continued to live in Deoghar, where he left His mortal frame on 26 January 1969. Oh Mankind ! If you desire to invoke your good, forget sectarian conflict. Be regardful to all the past Prophets. Be attached to your living master or God and take only those who love him as your own. Because all the past Prophets are consummated in the divine Man of the present." - Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra- Satyanusaran.
