This volume is a unique collection of philosophical essays on various aspects of Schopenhauer's understanding of the nature and character of the world through the classical philosophies of the Vedanta and Buddhism and classical and modern thinkers like Bhart¿hari, Tagore, and Wittgenstein. It includes reflective insights about Schopenhauer and the metaphysics of the world, the self, and morality from scholars who have pioneered the philosophical study of the relation between Schopenhauer and Indian schools of thoughts and intellectual history. This insightful volume is a good academic resource for further research in comparative philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Indian tradition.

Provides insights about the influence of Indic philosophical texts on Schopenhauer, and about his influence on modern Indian philosophers

Chapter 1. Introducing Schopenhauer's Philosophy of  the World, Self and Morality in the light of Vedantic and Non-Vedantic  WisdomArati Barua. Chapter 2. Some Remarks on the Present State of Research on Schopenhauer and Indian philosophyM. Kossler.Part I Schopenhauer, the Vedas and Vedantas. I.I Self, World and Morality.- Chapter 3. Self, World and Morality: Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein and VedantaR. C. Pradhan.- Chapter 4. The Upanishadic Views on Self, World and Morality: An Assessment with Special Reference to Arthur SchopenhauerJayanteePriyadarshini Sahoo.Chapter 5. Schopenhauer's comments on morality in the Oupnek'hat MitriMartina Kurbel.I.II Schopenhauer and the Vedas.- Chapter 6. The Quintessence of the Upanishadic Wisdom and the Solace of Schopenhauer's lifeK. M. Pathak.Chapter 7. Reason, Emotion and Beyond: Revisiting Schopenhauer, Bhart¿hari and AbhinavaguptaAjay Verma. Chapter 8. Circumscribing the Meeting of Schopenhauer and the Vedas: Gaudapada, Sankara and VedantaManish Sharma. Part II Schopenhauer and Buddhism.- Chapter 9. Compassion and solidarity in Schopenhauer and the UpanishadsThomas Regehly.- Chapter 10 On the "Philosophy of Saintliness": K. E. Neumann's German Translations of the Buddha's Discourses and Schopenhauer's PhilosophyStephan Atzert.Part III Schopenhauer and Tagore.- Chapter 11 Schopenhauer and Tagore on the " Vanity of existence": A parallel and comparative studyS. Ray.Chapter 12. Overcomingprincipium individuationis: Schopenhauer and Tagore Indu Sarin. Part IV Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein and Aurobindo.- Chapter 13. Journey from Pessimism to Optimism in Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein and Tagore's philosophyBhaskar Bhattacaryya.Chapter 14. Will to live or no-will to live? The points of convergence of the thoughts of Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, and Aurobindo on living a meaningful lifeK. C. Pandey.Bibliography. Index.