Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Jayant Athavale – A brief introduction

Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Jayant Athavale is Spiritual Master who established Sanatan Sanstha for widespread propagation of spirituality. He propounded Gurukrupayoga (Path of Guru’s grace) for rapid spiritual progress and God-realisation (more on it here). The following brief biography offers a glimpse into His spiritual journey and immense contributions to spirituality.

1. Life as an internationally renowned hypnotherapist

1A. Conducted innovative research on hypnotherapy in England from 1971 to 1978.

1B. Established independent practice in India as a hypnotherapist on mental disorders (1978 to 1994).

1C. Formed the Indian Society for Clinical Hypnosis and Research in 1982.

1D. Authored and published six books on Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.

2. Establishment of Sanatan Bharatiya Sanskruti Sanstha

Founded the Sanatan Bharatiya Sanskruti Sanstha in August 1991.

2A. Conducted free classes for the study of Spirituality, organised Guru Purnima celebrations and other spiritual activities in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka (till 1995).

2B. Addressed hundreds of public meetings on spirituality across Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka (1996 to 1998).

3. Prolific authorship

3A. Unique approach to compiling books on Spirituality

His scientific bent of mind helped Him explain spirituality and spiritual concepts to the interested in a simple scientific way to the workshop attendees. He used the same approach and commenced compiling books on various subjects such as Dharma, spiritual living, Hindu practices, self-improvement, protection of nation, and more in 1995.

Uniqueness of the books compiled by Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale

1. Teachings on appropriate spiritual practice essential as per current times.

2. Guidance that removes obstacles in the path of spiritual practice and provides direction to an individual’s spiritual practice.

3. Scientific answers to the Why’s and How’s of every aspect in Spirituality.

4. Writings in modern scientific language (e.g. in the form of tables, percentages etc.) that can be easily understood by the readers in this scientific age : Readers in this scientific age are able to understand topics if presented in a scientific language. Sanatan’s Holy texts contain matter in a scientific language (depicted through charts, percentages, graphs etc.) Also, the arrangement of the content is in the systematic manner.

4A. Example of representation in percentages : Importance of the components of eight-fold spiritual practice in vyashti (Individual) and samasthi (Collective) spiritual practice as per Gurukrupayoga (Path of Guru’s grace)

	Individual spiritual practice (%)	Collective spiritual practice (%)
1. Elimination of personality defects	50	50
2. Elimination of Ego	10	10
3. Chanting	10	5
4. Satsang	10	5
5. Satseva (Service unto Absolute Truth)	4	11
6. Bhav (Spiritual emotion)	6	4
7. Tyag (Sacrifice unto Absolute Truth	8	7
8. Priti (Unconditional spiritual love)	2	8
Total	100	100

4B. Arrangement of content in a systematic manner : The Holy texts published by Sanatan will serve as the foundation for the curriculum of the Spiritual University, the writings in the Holy texts are arranged in systematic manner such as 1, 1A, 1 A1, 1 A 1 A…

5. Guidance not merely on theoretical aspects, but also on how to actually perform spiritual practice.

6. Inclusion of remarkable research conducted using scientific instruments on spiritual phenomena and effects of the subtle spiritual world on the material world.

7. Analyses and pictures depicting processes at subtle level.

8. Nearly 20% of the information present in most of the Holy texts published by Sanatan is unique and is not available anywhere on the Earth.

3B. Varied range of publications

Under Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s guidance Sanatan has published books on spirituality, Dharma, Deities, awakening of Dharma, protection of the nation and more in 13 languages.

4. Propounded Gurukrupayoga

4A. In sectarian spiritual practice every individual, irrespective of their temperament, is prescribed the same spiritual practice. Due to this spiritual progress is slower. Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale realised this limitation and propounded Gurukrupayoga based on fundamental and universal principles of spirituality. In Gurukrupayoga, spiritual practice is tailor-made and recommended based on the principle – There are as many temperaments as there are people, and s corresponding number of Paths of spiritual practice.

4B. Gurukrupayoga is an eight-fold spiritual practice (Elimination of personality defects, elimination of ego, chanting, satsang, satseva, bhav, tyag, priti).

5. Expansive goal of a Hindu Rashtra (Divine kingdom)

Sachchidananda Prabrahman (Dr) Athavale envisioned a world where every jiva would be aware of their ultimate goal (Goa-realisation) and would be encouraged to work towards it. In 1998, He started working towards this goal – the Hindu Rashtra. The term is Hindu is understood as ‘हीनान् गुणान् दूषयति इति हिंदुः ।’ – those who destroy their inferior Raja-Tama oriented attributes are called as Hindus. So a nation made of such sattvik individuals is called as Hindu Rashtra.

6. Establishment of Sanatan Sanstha

In 1999, Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale established the Sanatan Sanstha trust to spread the science of spirituality. Sanatan’s mission encompasses the following goals –

6A. Helping people recognise that destiny and influence of negative energies are the root causes of their physical, mental and spiritual distress. Recommending appropriate spiritual practice as a permanent remedy to their distress.

6B. Guiding the inquisitive and seekers towards God-realisation and not letting them get stuck in sakam sadhana (Spiritual practice performed with expectations of worldly gains). So instead of suggesting spiritual remedies on worldly problems or to achieve material gains, providing guidance at the spiritual level on their spiritual practice.

6C. Finding out physical, mental and spiritual hindrances with respect to the distress and difficulties in spiritual practice and suggesting appropriate remedies.

6D. Organizing satsangs and public discourses, spreading spirituality in pilgrimages like Kumbh Mela, performing Yajnas for eliminating obstacles in the propagation of Dharma, performing rites, participating in debates on television channels to express views in favour of Dharma and organising ‘training workshops’ to prepare spokespersons for such debates.

6E. Acquiring knowledge which is beyond the comprehension of the intellect (from known to unknown) through meditation or obtaining knowledge through subtle dimension.

Sanatan Sanstha’s website – Sanatan.org – has content on various subjects like science of spirituality, Hindu Dharma, Deities, spiritual practice, code of conduct, and more. It is available in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali and English.

7. Nurturing seekers

Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s teachings are nurturing thousands of seekers willing to sacrifice their body, mind and wealth towards service unto the nation and Dharma, to rapidly progress towards God-realisation.

 

7A. Increase in spiritual capability of seekers

Some seekers receive knowledge from the subtle realm on various subjects within spirituality which is not available anywhere on the Earth. Some seekers perform subtle analysis of an object or an event. Some seekers can identify spiritual levels of other individuals. Some are even able to detect subtle positive and negative vibrations.

7B. Rapid spiritual progress of seekers

As of March 2025, 132 seekers have attained Sainthood and thousands of seekers who have attained spiritual level of 60% and above are rapidly progressing towards Sainthood.

7C. Sanatan’s distinct characteristics when compared to other sects

Most sects only have information published about their Gurus or spiritual leaders, not about their disciples. Since Sachchidananda Parabrahman Dr. Jayant Athavale has nurtured many Saints and seekers, abundant writings on the guidance given by Sanatan’s Saints and seekers, their thoughts, poems by them, spiritual experiences of other seekers with regards to them are published. Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale is perhaps the only Guru in recent times who is compiling biographies of Sanatan’s Saints (who are His Disciplies).

8. Gurukul like Ashrams

Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale has built an Ashram in Ramnathi (Goa) which bestows spiritual experience of Chaitanya. Seekers are performing full time sadhana in the Ashram wherein activities related to nation building and Dharma are also performed. This Gurukul like Ashram which lets a seeker live, learn, and experience spirituality have inspired other Ashrams across India.

9. Free guidance through modern media

Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale maintains that the spiritual knowledge should reach every person. So He inspired seekers to create audio CDs for guidance on sadhana, and video CDs for providing education on Dharma. Seekers have also produced short films for providing awareness on society, nation and Dharma. These are available on the Sanstha’s YouTube channel.

10. Guidance on Art as a means for God-realisation

10A. Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale provides guidance to the seekers on drawing, painting, sculpturing, music, dance, audio-video recording etc., not only to increase their proficiency in that art form, but also to guide them to achieve progress in their spiritual practice through that art form.

10B. Drawing and sculpturing : The pictures of the Deities created under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale have the Principle of the respective Deity to the extent of 27% to 31.3% and murti of Shri Ganesh created under His guidance has Principle of Shri Ganesh to the extent of 28.3%. (Maximum extent of Principle of the Deity that can be present in a picture or murti of that Deity in the era of Kaliyug is 30%). Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale also advises on the proportion of vibrations of ‘Shakti (Divine Energy), bhav, Chaitanya, Anand (Bliss) and Shanti (Peace)’ present in the pictures and the idols.

10C. Subtle drawings : Pictures drawn by the seekers depicting their perception in subtle or their subtle vision, are called as ‘drawings related to subtle knowledge’. These subtle drawings belong to a unique branch of art founded by Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale and taught to the seekers having an advanced sixth sense. Correctness of the drawings related to subtle knowledge created by the seekers capable of creating subtle drawings is verified by Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale and He reports the percentage of accuracy as well.

10D. Letters, numerals, fonts : 31% sattvikta is present in the font of Devnagari letters and numbers created under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale (In the era of Kaliyug, the letters and numbers can get up to maximum 30% sattvikta).

10E. Sattvik rangolis : Deity’s (Shri Ganapati, ShriKrushna, Shri Lakshmi, Datta, and Shiva) Principle to the extent of 3 to 4% and the vibrations of Chaitanya, Anand etc. are present in the rangolis created under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale. Also, in one of the rangolis, the Principle of Shri Ganesh is present to the extent of 10%. (In the era of Kaliyug the Deity’s Principle can be present to the maximum extent of 10% only and along with it the vibrations of Shakti, bhav, Chaitanya, Anand, and Shanti could be present).

10F. Sattvik Henna designs : Under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale, henna designs containing Principles of Shri Saraswati, ShriKrushna and Shri Lakshmi to the extent of 2 to 4% have been created. (In the era of Kaliyug, the Deity Principle can be present to the maximum extent of 5% in the henna designs).

10G. Music

1. Singing : Under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale study of various forms of music from classical music to various divine sounds at spiritual level, comparative study of western music and Indian music on the scale of sattvikta, and the study of the effect of music on individuals, animals and plants is being conducted. Additionally, research on the effect of music therapy on physical, mental and spiritual distress of human beings is being carried out.

2. Playing of musical instruments : Under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale, study of playing sattvik music on western instruments, comparative study between western and Indian musical instruments, and playing of an instrument (e.g. Veena) by Saints and by other individuals is being carried out.

3. Dance : Comparative study between Indian and Western dance forms from the point of view of sattvikta, as well as spiritual research into various physical postures and mudra in dance is in progress under the guidance of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale.

11. Multi-faceted research on various types of subtle negative energies and their mission

A. Out of the various species of negative energies, creating awareness in the world about ‘Mantrik’ (Subtle sorcerers), a mighty negative energy.

B. Method of measuring energy of the negative energies in percentages.

C. Performing various subtle experiments e.g. singing, playing musical instruments, dancing etc., to alleviate the sufferings of seekers affected by spiritual distress.

D. Leveraging the knowledge possessed by negative energies that afflict the seekers for the benefit of the society.

12. Research on remedies for physical, mental and distress due to negative energies

12A 1. Inventing innovative methods of spiritual remedies

A. Inventing various methods of repeating the spiritual healing chants e.g., chanting Names of 2 Deities alternatively.

B. Spiritual remedies of sattvik Name strips of Deities (including methods of physical cleansing, purification of premises and vehicles).

C. Sticking the sattvik pictures or strips of chants of Deities on one’s body at the Kundalini chakra points in the body.

D. Circumambulating around sattvik Shri Ganesh murti created by Sanatan Sanstha.

E. Chanting the Name of God while sitting in the room in which Saints have resided for a longer period, for spiritual healing.

F. Spiritual healing as per five Cosmic Principles :

Pruthvitattva (Absolute Earth Principle) : Applying sattvik Kumkum on forehead

Apatattva (Absolute Water Principle) : Consuming Tirtha (Sacred liquid).

Tejtattva (Absolute Fire Principle) : Applying sacred ash.

Vayutattva (Absolute Air Principle) : Blowing sacred ash.

Akashtattva (Absolute Ether Principle) : Listening to the devotional songs sung by Saints.

12A 2. Personality defects removal and exploring various remedies for spiritual distress

A. Touchless acupressure : As per this method, a seeker with good spiritual level can perform acupressure treatment effectively without touching the patient (from a short distance).

B. Spiritual healing remedy of using empty boxes : Empty boxes contain space and space contains Akashtattva. Due to this Akashtattva, superior level of spiritual remedy gets applied.

C. Pranashakti (Vital energy) flow remedy : This is an easy method of performing remedy with the help of the vital energy emitting from the fingers of our hand. In this method one can perform the healing on oneself as well as on a patient from a distance.

13. Research conducted on the Divine changes in one’s own (Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s) body, nails, hair and skin as well as the articles used by oneself

14. Research conducted on one’s (Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s) certain death

15. Research conducted on code of conduct as prescribed by Hindu Dharma, rites in Hindu Dharma as well as unfathomable events caused by subtle five cosmic Principles, using scientific instruments (e.g. Universal Aura Scanner) and technology (e.g. Polycontrast Interference Photography)

16. Preservation of thousands of objects of spiritual and cultural value

17. Discovering divine children who have come from higher positive subtle regions and conducting spiritual research on their lives

18. Multi-faceted research using astrology (Predictive astrology, Palmistry, Foot Samudrika) and Nadi astrology (Information on future lives mentioned on the Nadi leaves)

19. Directions for protection of indigenous languages, research on subtle aspects of language and preservation of characteristics of language

A. Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale pays careful attention to ensure grammatically correct writing and avoiding usage of foreign language words in Indian language literature.

B. Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale has demonstrated through spiritual research that Marathi is the most sattvik language after Sanskrit.

C. He has also undertaken a unique mission of documenting the words in Marathi language having multiple meanings, e.g. the word ‘पूज्य’ has two disparate meanings such as ‘zero’ as well as ‘respected’. Also, the sentence, ‘चित्र काढले’ means both ‘drew a picture’ as well as ‘removed the picture tung on the wall’. Collection of such words and phrases will later be published in book form.

20. Founder – Editor of staunchly Hindu periodical Sanatan Prabhat dedicated to the establishment of Hindu nation (Divine nation) with Dharma as its foundation (from 28th April 1998 to 19th April 2000)

20A. ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ group of periodicals

Daily newspaper – Marathi (4 editions)

Weekly newspaper – Marathi and Kannad

Fortnightly newspaper – Hindi and English

Website : SanatanPrabhat.org

20B. Characteristics

1. Daily newspaper and weekly, fortnightly and monthly periodicals were started in various languages to spread awareness of nation and Dharma.

2. To educate on the correct viewpoint that should be possessed by individuals having pride in Dharma and nation, started inserting comments on various news items. Sanatan Prabhat is the only periodical to follow this practice.

20C. Thought leader behind launching of news channel ‘Hindu varta’ on internet

Created foundation of a Hindu and Nation-centric news channel through the initiative of ‘Hindu varta’ which ran in experimental form from 29.12.2014 to 29.1.2016.

21. Activities undertaken for establishment of Hindu Rashtra (Divine nation) with Dharma as its foundation

A. Leveraging legitimate ways for eradication of malpractices in democracy.

B. Publishing series of holy texts related to establishment of Hindu Rashtra, as well as providing guidance through periodicals and the website.

C. Forming confluence of Saints, sects, devout Hindus, patriots and social workers and providing them directions at spiritual level.

D. Activities at spiritual level

D 1. Mission getting accomplished with mere presence of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale : Activities get accomplished with the mere presence of highly evolved Saints. In accordance to this principle, despite Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale being largely confined to His room since the year 2007 due to His ill health, the activities towards establishment of Hindu nation are progressing multi-fold with His mere presence. E.g., the mission is obtaining blessings of many Saints, several patriots and devout followers of Dharma are getting united for establishment of Hindu nation and taking active part in the activities.

22. Activities undertaken in the view of forthcoming calamitous times

22A. Foreseeing the future dire times and compiling immense information on various life-saving treatments considering that medical practitioners, ayurvedic doctors, medicines etc, will not be available easily during the times of emergency, and publishing holy texts on it.

22B. Creating public awareness about importance of first-aid training, emergency aid training and firefighting.

22C. Imprinting the importance of spiritual practice on the society as there is no alternative to that to stay alive in the forthcoming calamitous times.

23. Astrologers and Nadi leaf readers glorifying that Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s work is going to spread all over the world

A. H. H. Om Ulagnathan from Tamilnadu, Shri Mudaliar Guruji of Pune and 5-6 other Nadi leaf readers have remarked that Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale is doing a great work in the context of nation and Dharma and this mission will continue to increase exponentially and spread throughout the world.

B. After studying the birth horoscope, finger and toe prints of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale, without knowing to whom they belong to, 7 – 8 astrologers including Mrs. Indira Sonawane of Kalyan, Dr. Udaykumar Padhye of Dombivli also glorified His mission.

C. Some Saints, Nadi leaf readers and astrologers are performing anushthan (A religious performance or undertaking for a specific purpose), rites etc., all by themselves and supporting the mission through that medium with the intent that Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s certain death should be avoided and the obstacles in His mission towards nation and Dharma should get eliminated.

25. Enabling the next generation to become capable of handling the responsibility of upcoming Hindu Rashtra

A. Nurturing individuals who have firm belief in spiritual practice and can propagate Dharma.

B. Increasing the capability of the seekers involved in various types of sevas (Spiritual research, creation of holy texts, arts, audio-video recording etc.) such that they can perform those sevas in an excellent manner.

C. Enabling the divine (sattvik) children to be capable of governing the upcoming Hindu Rashtra : Over the last few years, hundreds of souls from higher positive subtle regions have taken birth in various countries across the world. These are divine children with high spiritual level since birth. Teaching them various types of sevas and the spiritual practice of the next level by recognising their subtle qualities and thereby helping them towards Sainthood, is in line with the aim of making them capable of governing the Hindu nation.

26. Honoured in the French senate with the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ for global propagation of Indian culture

For more details on the ceremony click here.

(For a comprehensive look at Sachchidananda Parabrahman [Dr] Athavale’s life and mission, read Sanatan’s holy text ‘Brief introduction to Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale’s holistic mission’)

Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale, experiencing the sayings of Saint Rahim

‘I experience Saint Rahim’s saying ‘एकै साधे सब सधै |’ daily, which means If you focus on one thing and attain it, everything else will be taken care of. In my context, the ‘one thing’ is ‘blessings of God’ and ‘everything else taken care of’ means being able to perform sevas in various fields. Despite not having any knowledge in various subjects e.g., drawing, music, sculpture, scientific research etc., I am able to guide seekers on these topics.’

– Dr. Athavale