Chinmoy Mukherjee

The Macedonian Ascetic (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Macedonian Ascetic is a fictional novella that reimagines Alexander the Great's life in 326 BCE, following his victory over King Porus. Disillusioned by his vast empire and material wealth, which leave him spiritually empty, Alexander embarks on a transformative pilgrimage through ancient India. Guided by the core premise that the world is illusion (Maya) and God (Brahman) is real, he seeks enlightenment from twenty distinct spiritual masters, each representing facets of Indian philosophy such as Vedanta, Yoga, Bhakti, and more. As he journeys from the Punjab plains to the Himalayan peaks, Alexander systematically renounces his possessions-gold, silver, gems, weapons, horses, maps, and even sentimental items-redistributing them for humanitarian causes like building wells, schools, and aiding the poor.

Through encounters with sages like The Sage of Logic, who dismantles his ego with rational deconstruction; The Cosmic Engineer, who aligns his energy through Hatha Yoga; and The Mother of Compassion, who heals him with unconditional love, Alexander sheds not only material burdens but also psychological attachments, identities, and habits. Each guru strips away layers of his conqueror's facade, teaching detachment (Vairagya), inner calibration, breath control, mind management, and selfless service. Symbolic acts of renunciation, such as melting armor into temple bells or burning maps, mark his progression from external conquest to internal mastery, transforming symbols of war into tools for peace and community upliftment.

The narrative culminates in the Himalayas, where Alexander, now stripped to a simple loincloth and vest, enters a cave for solitary meditation. Having achieved "zero"-complete detachment from worldly illusions-he realizes the ultimate truth of Self-realization (Aham Brahma Asmi). The story concludes with his transcendence into silence, becoming the "King of Zero," a testament to the triumph of spiritual truth over temporal power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chinmoy Mukherjee
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232312633
• Artikelnr.: 76113009

Autorenporträt

Chinmoy Mukherjee is the first Indian to author 100+ books in English, which includes 50+ Novellas. He has been working as solution architect for past 15 years. Over the past 25 years, he has contributed to 50 real-world software projects as an individual contributor. His experience has enabled him to design, develop, and deploy some of the most complex systems, handling millions of transactions per day. As both an AWS and GCP-certified architect, he has not only built 8 systems from scratch but has also successfully re-engineered 7 legacy systems, improving their performance by 1530%.

His expertise in cybersecurity has led to incredible discoveriessome thrilling, some frustrating. He was listed among the top 100 security researchers in the world for Microsoft (Q4, 2022) and also in Google's Hall of Fame. He ethically hacked Baba Bank, retrieving its entire customer database, and even achieved remote code execution in JPMC & Solana. Over time, he has reported critical vulnerabilities to 50+ Australian companies and received bug bounties from Uber, Apple, Mastercard, Octopus Australia, MagicLeap, and Paysafe. One of his wildest exploits? He found a vulnerability that let him order a Porsche without payingonly to receive a meager $1050 bounty for the discovery.

His penchant for testing boundaries made him the first engineer among 500,000 in HCLTech to complete and download all 1,000 offered certificates. In the industry, he played a critical role in defeating Infosys in 3 major RFPs while being part of underdog teams. Beyond corporate challenges, he took the lead in India's first blockchain token deployment, successfully developing and listing tokens on the Ethereum network.

Innovation has been central to his career. He holds 3 patents, granted in the USA and Australia. Among them, he developed "Patient Analytics," a patented system that underwent successful clinical trials in India. He has published a technical book titled "Build Android-Based Smart Applications" via Springer. This book has been downloaded by 18000+ software professionals from single channel of Springer.