R.K.Gupta, is a disciple of Paramsant Thakur Ram Singhji, who was a family man and a disciple of Mahatma Shri Ramchandraji Maharaj (Janab Lalaji Maharaj), who was the first non-Muslim, duly authorised Sufi saint of the Naqshbandi Order. Thakur Ram Singh was a Sufi saint par-excellence, who used to be so absorbed in the remembrance of his Master that at times he would forget even his own name.

The author had the fortune to sit at his lotus feet at the young age of fifteen and thereafter being under the spiritual tutelage of his father Mahatma Dr. Chandra Gupta and his elder brother Mahatma Shri Krishna Kumar Gupta, both of whom were duly authorised Masters of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order.

An engineering and law graduate, the author joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1974 and retired as the Chairman of the Settlement Commission (Customs & Central Excise) in 2012. He has authored various books on Sufism and other subjects and has also translated the Holy Gita, Qur’an, Bible and Ramcharitmanas in poetry with a view to convey the essence of these scriptures in common men’s language, which are available on his website www.sufisaints.net.