Sri M is a spiritual guide, author, global speaker, social reformer, and educator. Also known as Sri Madhukar Nath Ji, he is an initiate of the Nath sub-tradition of Hinduism.
Born as Mumtaz Ali, he stresses that he has neither converted his religion nor changed his name. Sri M says, ‘All my documents such as passport, bank accounts, etc., carry my original name Mumtaz Ali. My guru had given me the name Madhukar Nath. Since both the names and even Manav [human] start with ‘M,’ I chose to be called M. Out of love and respect, some people call me Sri M. I am okay with just M also.’
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He leads an everyday life, is married with two children, wears no special robes, and conducts himself without pomp or paraphernalia.
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His transformational journey to becoming a yogi is a fascinating story of single-minded discipline and dedication chronicled in his memoir, ‘Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogi’s Autobiography.’ Published in 2011, it became an instant bestseller. Sri M says, ‘The book has conversations with my master Maheshwarnath Babaji and a few chapters that delve into my past birth. This was included after a lot of deliberation because I know it is hard to swallow… but it can open the mind of the non-believers if judgment is suspended.’
The sequel, ‘The Journey Continues,’ was published in 2017. It exceeds the earlier book in apparently miraculous incidents; in the introduction, he writes that his readers might think that he ‘had finally gone bonkers.’ Sri M detailed a number of his previous lives over 2,000 years, during which he (or she-in several lives, he was a woman) was associated with Indian saints. He hopes this book will also help the reader believe in the existence of higher spiritual planes.
Sri M has also authored several texts on the Upanishads, on Meditation, and a novel, ‘Shunya.’ His book, ‘On Meditation – Finding Infinite Bliss and Power Within,’ was published by Penguin India. Two books were released in 2020 – ‘Homecoming and Other Short Stories,’ a collection of short stories again published by Penguin, and a translation and commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras – titled ‘Yoga Also for the Godless’ and published by Westland Publications. All his books have been translated into many Indian languages.
Sri M established The Satsang Foundation twenty years ago, and his mission has resulted in several initiatives in the areas of education, community health, environment, and humanity’s oneness. Sri M heads The Satsang Foundation, which runs two schools in Andhra Pradesh: the Peepal Grove School and the Satsang Vidyalaya. The Peepal Grove School, a boarding school, was dedicated by former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2006. Satsang Vidyalaya is a free school for children in the Madanapalle area where Sri M lives. In addition, the foundation began Bharat Yoga Vidya Kendra, a training program for yoga teachers, in 2020.
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He writes in ‘Speaking Tree,’ a spiritual forum run by The Times of India. A documentary film, ‘The Modern Mystic: Sri M of Madanapalle,’ was directed by Raja Choudhury in 2011.
In 2015, Sri M undertook a ‘Walk of Hope:’: a 7,500-kilometre (4,700 mile) padayatra from Kanyakumari (in the far South of India) to Kashmir. The walk began on 12 January, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda (who had undertaken a similar journey over a century earlier). With a group of fellow travelers, Sri M walked through 11 Indian states and considered the Walk of Hope an exercise to restore the country’s spirituality. The padayatra ended in Srinagar, Kashmir, on 29 April 2016. He attempts to bring people of all faiths together, and his discourses are not confined to yoga and the Upanishads. He quotes extensively from the religious traditions of Buddhists, Christians, Jews, and the Sufis.
As a keynote speaker, Sri M has been invited to many institutions, like the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office in Switzerland, the World Bank in the United States of America, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has addressed corporate events in India and overseas, like Google and Yahoo in the US, respected business and technical education institutes like the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, etc. Sri M has recently been appointed as Adjunct Professor of Practice in the Department of NRCVEE – National Research Centre for Value Education in Engineering at IIT, Delhi.
Among the many awards and honors he has received for his contribution to society, Sri M was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in January 2020, one of the highest civilian awards of India, for distinguished service of high order in spirituality.
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