R.K.Gupta, a wayfarer on the path of Sufism, is a disciple of Paramsant Thakur Ram Singhji, who served the police department to earn his livelihood, but was not a policeman by heart. Justice Sheetla Prasad Bajpai, who was the then Head of the Chief Court at Jaipur had said about him- “The authors of Criminal Procedure Code could not have thought of a police officer like Thakur Ram Singh, whose words carry more weight than the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.” He had become a legend during his service period, whose honesty and integrity was unparalleled and people had started calling him “Sant Thanedar”, who would not drink even water from a public well unless he paid for it. Thakur Ram Singhji used to address his Guru-Mahatma Shri Ramchandraji Maharaj, who was the first duly authorised non-Muslim (a Hindu) Sufi saint of the Naqshbandi Order, as “Guru-Bhagwan” and used to be so absorbed in his thoughts that at times he would forget his own name.
At the age of 15, R.K.Gupta was taken to Thakur Ram Singhji by his father and was fortunate to be at his feet for about five years after which he was under the tutelage of his father Mahatma Dr. Chandra Gupta and brother Mahatma Shri Krishna Kumar Gupta, who belonged to the chain of Sufis of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order.
Academically R.K.Gupta is an engineering and law graduate. He joined the IRS (Customs & Central Excise) Service in 1974 and superannuated in 2012 from the post of Chairman, Settlement Commission.
R.K.Gupta has translated some of the main scriptures of the major religions in common man’s language focussing on their essential spiritual content and has authored the following books, which all can be accessed on website www.sufisaints.net :
A Sufi in Police Uniform/ISBN 978-939114514-9
Autobiography of a Sufi/ ISBN 817646744-8
Saints and Mahatmas of India/ ISBN 935050059-0
Science and Philosophy of Spirituality/ISBN 817646545-3
Sufism Beyond Religion/ISBN 817646411-2
The Golden Chain of Naqshbandi Sufis/ISBN 9789387587144
The Path of Sufis and Saints/ ISBN 9789350502716
Yogis in Silence/ISBN 817646199-7
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता–जन जन की भाषा में
क़ुरआन सार–जन जन की भाषा में
बाइबिल सार–जन जन की भाषा में/ISBN 9788189341-61-0
रामचरितमानस–जन जन की भाषा में
श्रीकृष्णचरितामृत–जन जन की भाषा में
प्रेम प्रवर्तक सूफी/ ISBN 817646422-8
सूफी संत मत/ISBN 817646584-4
मेरे तो राधा राम
नक्शबंदी सूफी संत/ISBN 9789386223982
101 सूफी कहानियां/ISBN 9789387587687
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