[1][2] Swami Sarvapriyananda was born in Kolkata and grew up in Bhubhaneshwar, in the Indian state of Odisha to a pious Bengali family.

[3][4] At age 23, Sarvapriyananda (then Biswarup Mitra) joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1994 and took his monastic vows as sanyasa diksha was bestowed upon him by Swami Ranganathananda in 2004.

[5][non-primary source needed] He was in the first group of Hindu swamis to participate as a Nagral Fellow for the year 2019–20 at Harvard Divinity School.

[7][non-primary source needed] Swami Sarvapriyananda frequently speaks at symposia and events focused on Advaita Vedanta teachings,[8][9][10] and has participated in discussions with other non-dualists.

In episode five of Dispatches from The Well[12] hosted at Big Think media portal, he reflects on contributions of Vedanta to the conversation on the Hard problem of consciousness.