This highly researched work of Professor Paitoon Patyaiying depicts S. Radhakrishnan is the real philosopher king who walks on this planet in accordance with Plato’s theory. He used his pure philosophical methods to analyze religion that became the applied philosophy, namely philosophy of religion. This unique work vividly showed how Radhakrishnan examined religion with his various methods, phenomenological method etc. He again presented his philosophical development regarding the meaning of religion, the essence of religion, personal experience of God and religious experience. This work also presents how Radhakrishnan interpreted the character of religious experience, God and Self, Religion and Symbol, Religion and Science, Faith and Religion. Radhakrishnan was, no doubt, a devoted Hindu. Therefore, this work specially focuses on Radhakrishnan’s understanding of Hinduism, the meaning and scope of Hinduism Hinduism and Ethics, Law of Karma and human freedom, the Concept of Dharma, the sources of Dharma, the Ultimate Reality, Brahman and Atman, Avidya, Maya and Avidya, liberation, inter-religious dialogue and tolerance etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paitoon Patyaiying
Dr. Paitoon Patyaiying completed his undergraduate education from Nakorn Srithammarat Teachers' College and Faculty of Education, Prince of Songkla University; his graduation and post-graduation (M.A. in General Philosophy) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 1975, and Ph. D. (in Philosophy) under the Cultural Scholarship Scheme of the Government of India from Vishva-Bharathi University, Shantiniketan, India in 1985. Dr. Paitoon Patyaiying has served as a University Professor at the Department of Philosophy & Religion, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand for thirty years; presently he is the Acting Director, Rajabhat University, Suphanburi Campus, Suphanburi, Thailand. He has a vast administrative and academic experiences at Prince of Songkla University as an Acting Secretary, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Associate Dean for Students' Affairs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice Director for Administrative Affairs, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, member of the different academic committees such as the Lecturer Promotion Committee and the Assistant Professor Promotion Committee. Thai Studies, Chinese, Korean, Indian and Western Philosophy; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion are the fields of specialization from which Dr. Paitoon Patyaiying teaches metaphysics, epistemology, logic and comparative philosophy for more than twenty-five years. Author of "Thailand and Asian Values," "Important Thoughts," "Philosophy of Religion," and other books in English and Thai Language, Dr. Paitoon Patyaiying has been a Visiting Professor at various universities outside Thailand such as Visiting Professor of Thai Studies and Thai Language at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Foreign Languages, Seoul, the Republic of Korea for two years and a Visiting Professor at University of Wollongong, Australia, Various universities in Laos, Malaysia and Singapore. Besides, he has actively participated in a number of national and international seminars and conferences for the last thirty years; has written for various national/ international journals of repute.
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