World of Philosophy

Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan

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Editors' words: To edit means to revise, to correct, to check, to amend, to omit and to prepare for publication. The editor in other words performs the duty of a surgeon.
The present editors have shouldered a great responsibility to edit the felicitation volume of a never retiring man Acharya Prof. Dr. Yajneshwar Shastri who is retiring from his official duties. Dr. Shastri is an untiring man as his pursuit for knowledge, for values, for peace continues. He is a man in quest of values, in quest of peace not for him but for the people of the world at large. He himself is the most satisfied man with peace in his heart and peace in his mind. His home is the temple of Goddess Peace, where one feels an atmosphere of heavenly bliss.
Initially we invited papers from selected fifty scholars from India and abroad keeping in view that other scholars may not be able to submit their scholarly papers within a time bound frame work, but the response was so immense and spontaneous that some professors and scholars voluntarily sent their papers for this volume. We apologize scholars to whom we were not in a position to send invitation letters.
The present volume contains as many as seventy three papers on variety of subjects ranging from the Vedas to the contemporary concepts of management, from environment and Gandhian Philosphy to Tantra and mysticism. The volume ciontains sholarly papers from almost all walks of life. It has the philosophy of Vedanta and the philosophy of Sufism, in as much as it contains the Lataif and the Chakras. It contains scholarly articles on Jainism, Buddhism and Islamic mysticism.
It contains papers of scholars such as Dr. Chapple, Dr. Karad, Prof. Ramjisingh, Padmavibhusan Dr. Dhaky, Dr. Sagarmal Jain, Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, Prof. R. Balasubramaniam, Prof. SR Bhatt, Prof. RP Singh, Prof SP Dubey, Prof. Dr. James L. Fredericks, Prof. Madhusudan V. Baxi, and many more on whose papers we are very small to pass any editorial comment.
Dr. Shastri's unique love affair with philosophical pursuit led him to ardous journey such as arranging national and international conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops. The papers presented by scholars at such seminars and conferences are brought out by Dr. Shastri in the form of books which not only provide reference materials to the teachers and students but it will also satisfy the appetite of the persons, who are interested in philosophy. The present volume may also serve this purpose. It will not only provide reference material to the students and reasearchers but it will quench the thirst of the scholars of all walks of life. In editing this volume, we have taken great care but if any errors or ommissions are left, the editors in advance seek apology, from the scholars and the readers.
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