On November 19th, 1989, Sri Bhagavan founded the International Vedanta Society for the purpose of uplifting humankind through spreading the message of Vedanta, opening up the gateway of knowledge, peace, bliss, love and oneness.

Bhagavan was born on the 3rd of January 1942. After a childhood with hardships, he married and had a child. Inspired by Swami Vivekananda, he started to search for his guru and met Swami Pavitrananda. Swami Pavitrananda was the disciple of the saint Swami Krishnananda, who was in turn initiated by Holy Mother Sarada Devi, the disciple and holy consort of Sri Ramakrishna himself. With the help of His Guru, he reached Nirvikalpa Samadhi, shortly after which he started IVS. (www.mohini.nl)

IVS was the result of the manifestation of divine will in Bhagavan, and had its humble beginning in the small chamber of a railway quarter in Guwahati. Bhagavan, who was then working for the North Eastern Railways, used to inculcate the essence of Vedanta amongst men and women, young and old, who would gather around Him, whenever He was at home. Listening intently to His discourses many of them would often lose consciousness of the outer world and enter into varying depths of spiritual realizations. One day, after one such discourse, an old woman offered a ten rupees note to Bhagavan as the customary guru dakshina. Bhagavan did not know what to do with it, since He would not use the money for any personal purpose. It was then that Bhagavan, by some divine intervention, decided that all money given to Him would henceforth be used as common fund for the formation of a society that would help the whole of mankind to realize the essence of Vedanta. The International Vedanta Society was thus formed. It was much later that a permanent ashram was acquired in Amingaon, Assam, which now serves as the headquarters of IVS.

[ivsweb.org] The objective of International Vedanta Society is, to provide a platform for men and women of all ages, ethnicities and cultures to celebrate the diversity of life by understanding the oneness of existence. Realization of the Self is the key note of IVS. Spearheaded by Bhagavan, the movement was carried forward by six of His disciples who went on to embrace sannyasa later on in their lives. The Society is now home to over thirty monastic disciples, and thousands of householder devotees, dedicated to the cause of the spiritual welfare of mankind. Seeking to cultivate the life giving message of Vedanta amongst the masses, all members and well wishers of I.V.S abide in letter and spirit by the belief that, Man Himself is God, and nothing beyond prevails.

Our beloved Master Sri Sri Bhagavan, sank into Mahasamadhi on May 27th, 2023 at 3.35 PM.

Sound fragment of Sri Bhagavan

Nothing is true, but God

~ Sri Sri Bhagavan ~