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Such tumult ill fits a religious group that calls itself Ananda Marga (the Path of Bliss). But its desperate devotees believe Indian authorities are conspiring to crush the sect and kill their imprisoned guru, P.R. Sarkar, by poison and mistreatment. The government has Sarkar in jail awaiting trial on the charge of abetting the murder of six defectors from his faith. It also claims that Ananda Marga is really a dangerous political organization...
Shocked. In truth, as practiced by Indian members of Ananda Marga, the path to bliss does seem to lead through byways usually avoided by otherworldly Indian religious sects. Sarkar, 52, a Bengali who is called Anandamurti (Bliss Personified) by his followers, was variously a newspaperman and railway clerk before he began raising disciples in 1955. Shocked by graft and corruption then, he now preaches self-liberation, not only through yoga but also through sweeping social reforms. Among them: absolute morality in government, and a guaranteed standard of living...
...mention the Ananda Marga Yoga Society, which teaches just the balance of spiritual and worldly life called for in the article...
...Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) announced yesterday that a student fast yielded approximately $1600 to aid refugees in East Pakistan...
More petitions will be circulated in the dining halls on December 5 and 6. Then the Society will provide the individual house dining halls with the names of students who signed the Ananda Marga petition for dinner on December 14. There will be no interhouse