U Maung Maung Ji, a trained barrister, was born in Rangoon (Burma). He was educated and trained as an occultist in India by Mrs. Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, became involved in Burma's Independence Movement and worked with Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Nehru on the All India Congress Committee. He also worked with Attlee, Lord Petick-Lawrence and Hugh Gaitskell in the British socialist movement.