Eastern P philosophy (EP) has often been neglected in mainstream academic discourse. Philosophy is the way of looking at, understanding, interpreting, and fundamentally bringing together love and wisdom (lovism). This study contributes to a wider understanding of international relations and philosophies in a world where the balance of power is shifting and emerging as superpower countries India and China are increasingly growing in importance. Philosophy in general connects with human value, human life, family, society, nature, and the universe, and change is professed through the human mind, knowledge, reality, reason, and illusion, and relatively shares to pursue goodness to live a pleasing life. The objectives of this state of the art book are four fold: (1) to understand the fundamentals of the ancient EP; (2) to interpret basic concepts, thoughts, and teachings of classical international relation related theories or peace spiritual insights of various wisdom within Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Christian Missionaries; (3) to assist the Master's level students to participate actively in discussions and interpretations and to create insights and critical thinking methods accordingly; and (4) to share the outcomes of philosophy actors/institutions globally. Applying networking t racking methods and or snowball techniques, the required information and literature are mostly gathered and reviewed based on archival research, exchanging and sharing the way forward along with lessons learned centric theoretical approach from yesterday, investigating the axiomatic truth to assist learners to get acquainted with different ancient and rich wisdom traditions for today and encouraging hope more for not only privileged students but people of all tiers in the Eastern and Western world for better understanding the EP tomorrow for this pioneering researching book. This manuscript is prepared to function as a course or reference book on Eastern Philosophy, particularly in Europe and in other universities. The authors believe the book shall be an inspirational asset for disseminating Eastern philosophy and understanding it for all concerned institutions, and society. Addressing touched, inspired, and motivated learners as well as academics who want to study further on Buddhism, Chanakyaism, Christian Missionary, Confucianism, Gandhism, Ibn Khaldun, SunTzu's Military Strategy, Taoism, General Philosophies, and differences between Eastern and Western thought.
Pathak, Bishnu: - About the Authors Transnational Professor Bishnu Pathak was a former Senior Commissioner at the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), Nepal who has been a Nobel Peace Prize nominee from 2013-2019 for his noble finding of Peace-Conflict Lifecycle similar to the ecosystem. A Board Member of the TRANSCEND Peace University holds a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary Conflict Transformation and Human Rights in two decades. Arduous Dr. Pathak is an author of over 100 international paper-book publications including Politics of People's War and Human Rights in Nepal (2005), Generations of Transitional Justice in the World (2019), The Nepal Compact: Potential for Cold War II (2022), Negotiation by Peaceful Means: Nepo-India Territorial Disputes (2022), among others, have been used as Universities references in more than 100 countries across the globe. Immense versatile personality Dr. Pathak's publications belong to Human Rights, Human Security, Peace, Conflict Transformation, and Transitional Justice among others. He can be reached at ciedpnp@gmail.com. Susmita Bastola successfully completed her Ph.D. in Peace and Human Rights at the beginning of 2023 at Osaka Jogakuin University, Japan. Her research interest is conflict transformation, peace, transitional justice, reconciliation, mediation, facilitation, and creating alternative mechanisms to deal with armed conflict and violence. She is also a co-author of the widely circulated volume Negotiation by Peaceful Means: Nepo-India Territorial Disputes (2022). She can be reached at bastolasusmita@gmail.com.
