Many Western philosophers are poorly informed about the issues involved in nonduality, since this topic is usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the East. Increasingly, however, this topic is finding its way into Western philosophical debates. In this "scholarly but leisurely and very readable" (Spectrum Review) analysis of the philosophies of nondualism of (Hindu) Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Taoism, Loy extracts what he calls "a core doctrine" of nonduality of seer and seen from these three worldviews and then applies the doctrine in various ways, including a critique of Derrida's deconstructionism.
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"An important book tackling one of the central patterns of Asian thinking."
—Religious Studies Review
"A valuable book on a topic that is essential to understanding the most important systems of Eastern thought."
—Buddhist Christian Studies
—Religious Studies Review
"A valuable book on a topic that is essential to understanding the most important systems of Eastern thought."
—Buddhist Christian Studies
About the Author
David Loy is a professor on the Faculty of International Studies at Bunkyo University, Japan. He has been a student of Zen for over twenty-five years and is a qualified Zen teacher. He is the author of Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism and Nonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy, as well as numerous articles.
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David Loys book is simply too far ahead of its time. That's why it is so under-appreciated (see the lukewarm editorial reviews).
In 20 years this will be a classic. If your "on the verge" this book can help you do the quantum-leap.
In 20 years this will be a classic. If your "on the verge" this book can help you do the quantum-leap.
By Louis Berger
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I have studied this book on and off for a decade. My interest is in philosophy of mind, not in religious issues, but this work is one of the very few that offers a true alternative to the all the untenable and currently accepted views of person-in-world (esp.: material reduction; dualism; functionalism; neutral monism). It lacks a psychogenetic-developmental perspective, and I hope to fill that important and illuminating gap some day in a companioon volume.
By A. Max König
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I find this book truly amazing and I hope it receives all the attention it deserves. The term "nonduality" is mentioned again and again in books on Buddhism and Eastern philosophy. Here, the author makes an amazing discussion of what nonduality means, as far as word can express this.
This book is not "easy-reading" in all places, but it's very well worth the effort. The chapters on "nondual perception" and "deconstruction of dualism" are absolutely amazing. I have reread this book and parts of it many times, and will have to do so again.
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