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Ananda Sutram is the basic scripture of modern Yoga composed in Sanskrit by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (1921-1990) in the year 1961. Ananda Sutram means, in part, “aphorisms leading to ananda, divine bliss”. The sutra form has been valued over the centuries as a powerful tool for communicating a deep philosophy in a condensed, memorable way. The literal meaning of sutra is “thread”, implying that numerous jewels of thought can be strung on a single such thread. In the best traditions of sutra literature, the sutras (eighty-five in number) serve, with breathtaking conciseness, as a framework for the entire Ananda Marga ideology.
Herein Shrii Shrii Anandamurti has in a few vivid strokes presented humanity with original concepts of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and macrohistory. He has set out for the first time a socio-economic approach conceived in the light of a theistic philosophy, blending subjective approach with objective adjustment, that offers the world a well-knit and progressive social system based on economic justice. It consists of five chapters describing the universe, the mind, the spirit and the foundations of a healthy society.
For example the first sutra read as "Shivashaktyátmakam Brahma" that is Brahma (Supreme State) is the composite of Shiva (consciousness) and Shakti (energy or the creative principles of binding consciousness into what we call the universe)
A healthy society is described as a progressive utilization movement in which the basic necessities of all are met and the standard of living is progressively improved "for the good and well-being of all".

See also

• Ananda Marga

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