Essays on Vedanta and Western Philosophies

Philosophical issues such as reality and appearance God and world self and not-self rebirth and immortality free will and determinism mysticism etc. have been examined by eastern and western philosophers as far back as the sages of Upanishads 700 BCE in the East and Plato 400 BCE in the West. However there was no significant communication among the philosophers of the East and West perhaps until the eighteenth century. Arthur Schopenhauer 1788 - 1860 was one of the first among the great western philosophers to recognize the value of Indian philosophies. Despite the lack of communication there are striking similarities of concepts and issues addressed by Indian and western philosophies. Also interesting is how similar are the mystical versions of different religions of the East and West. The author Dr. Arun Chatterjee has attempted to bring out the similarities and differences in various chapters of this book dealing with different topics. <iframe width=560 height=315 src=https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJVWdZ0Gap4?si=3KiGiLaNhQenexY4 title=YouTube video player frameborder=0 allow=accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share referrerpolicy=strict-origin-when-cross-origin allowfullscreen></iframe>