Reincarnation

About the Book

Notwithstanding the claims of Western civilization to the contrary, East has been the cradle of philosophical thought and birth place of religions over times immemorial. The Sages of the East propounded concepts like Law of Karma, Reincarnation, Pre-existence of Soul, Cycles of Birth-Death-Rebirth, etc. The Occident then was struggling to resolve imaginary ideas of Heaven and Hell, Resurrection and Ascension, Virgin Birth, Sin, religious bigotry and heretical deviations, et al. Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), a devout Christian monk was put on the stake as late as 1600 C.E. His ‘crime’: He believed in, and preached the Doctrine of Reincarnation! The image of savagery prevailing in Western thought process was thus magnified. A whiff of fresh air blew in from the East bringing in its wake sophisticated philosophical thoughts which enveloped the Western World in a matter of couple of centuries. These concepts provided the essential basis towards rationalization of philosophical dilemmas then devouring the West. This Book is an attempt to provide a level playing field for spiritual advancement of mankind as a whole rather than keeping high philosophy as the domain of the East. Spread of Buddhist ideology in Americas and Europe has gone a long way in making the task easier.

About the Author

Mahinder N. Gulati was born in 1931 in a remote village in Punjab (now Pakistan). His early education was in the village Masjid and schooling in Rawalpindi when he passed his Matriculation from the University of Lahore. The Partition of India in 1947 took him to Bangalore as a ‘refugee’ where he joined the Government College. MNG is a retired Colonel from Indian Army Corps of Engineers. While superintending construction of Hindustan-Tibet Road he came in close contact with hundreds of Tibetan refugees in deplorable physical and emotional state, which provided the necessary inspiration for his doctoral studies in Tibetan religion and culture. Now settled in the United States, he is presently engaged in literary works. He has authored nine books* and published a number of articles on topical subjects besides a series of articles on social anthropology for which he did original research in the remote inaccessible Himalayas.