• ISBN13: 9788171565788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: May 25, 1996
• Pages: 152
• Original Price: INR 295.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 150 grams

This is the age of science, the scientists say; and this is the age of anxiety, the humanists say. But we say, it is both. And we say that, negatively, both the scientists and the humanists agree to the point that it is an age, lacking in peace. Why lacking in peace? Because, like the ass in the parable, with a carrot on the tip of its nose, we are running head over heels after material pleasure alone. Peace is a state of mind that has to be created from within, with a philosophy and a lot of exercises. The Gita teaches just this, rest all in it are just embroideries. Therefore, the Gita is not the philosophy of any religion—redact some terms in it, you will get a universal philosophy, above all classes, castes and creeds. So, non-plused as we are in the labyrinth of the world, let us hear what Lord Krishna has to say in the Gita for our peace and salvation.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Sarker holds Ph.D. in English and Philosophy. For a stint he was the Principal of Garbeta College in West Bengal. At present, he is a Reader in Raiganj (University) College and a part-time Lecturer in Raiganj B.Ed. College. He has published five books viz. Shakespeare’s Knowledge of Human Nature, A Critique of Phenomenology, Himu : The Hindu ‘Hero’ of Medieval India, The Rise and Fall of Communism. He has also published a number of articles in leading journals.