Oriental thought is proverbially said to be different from Oxidental thought obviously due to their different postulates i.e., spiritualism and materialism respectively, which is manifested in the various philosophical perceptions like intuitive ‘higher’ knowledge, ‘terminal object’ of knowledge, concept of mind, ultimate aim of life, concept of infinite, determinism and so on. In these three volumes of Encyclopaedic Survey of Oriental Thought the learned author has not only analysed the various propositions of Oriental Thought but also, in many cases, compared the themes with Oxidental thinking at ethical level as the author believes in the moral approach to History. Various "isms" like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zen-Buddhism, Taoism, Sintoism etc. have been dealt holistically without any bias or prejudice. The doctrine of universal immanence, which is supposed to be a Kernel of Oriental thinking, is reflected throughout the work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.L. Gupta
N.L. Gupta (b. 1940) is the first scholar to obtain a Ph.D. from two different faculties of Nagpur University. He has a series of Postgraduate degrees and many firsts at his credit. He is the first candidate to submit a thesis for D.Litt. in R.S. University, Raipur. Recently, he has been awarded by Maharashtra Hindi Granth Academy for the best work on literary criticism styled as “Nav-Manavatavadi Chintan†(Neohumanistic thought). Dr. Gupta is a prolific writer. Besides many research papers, he has 46 books in both Hindi and English to his credit. Dr. Gupta’s writings have a very broad spectrum of themes which include literature, History, Culture, Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology and so on. He is considered to be the authority on ‘Value Education’ on which he has contributed as many as six books with different angles. Latest in the series was Education and Values in the Mahabharata, Mulya Parak Shiksha of about 400 pages published from Ajmer, has been profusely quoted by the scholars. He retired as Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and settled at Nagpur.
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