nondualism
Sign in to saveNondualism, also called nonduality, is a polyvalent term originating in Indian philosophy and religion, where it is used in various, related contemplative philosophies which aim to negate dualistic thinking or conceptual proliferation (prapanca) and thereby realize nondual awareness, 'that which is beyond discursive thinking', a state of consciousness described in contemplative traditions as a background field of unified, immutable awareness that exists prior to conceptual thought.
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- Etymology
- Definitions
- Flavors of nonduality
- T. R. V. Murti
- David Loy
- Fabian Volker
- Other views
- Nondual awareness
- Nondual traditions
- Scientific perspectives
- Origins
- Oldest traces
- Proto-samkhya
- Development toward monism
- Hinduism
- Vedanta
- Advaita Vedanta
- Similarities and differences with Buddhism
- Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
- Neo-Vedanta
- Kashmir Shaivism
- Contemporary Indian traditions
- Natha Sampradaya
- Neo-Advaita
- Buddhism
- Indian Buddhism
- Nirvana
- Luminous mind
- Buddha-nature
- ''Advaya''
- Madhyamaka
- Yogācāra tradition
- Tantric Buddhism
- East-Asian Buddhism
- Chinese
- Zen
- Korean
- Pure Land
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Prasangika Madhyamaka
- Shentong
- Dzogchen
- Garab Dorje's three statements
- Other eastern religions
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Neo-Confucianism
- Western traditions
- Western philosophy
- Greek philosophy
- Modern philosophy
- Western esotericism
- Hermeticism
- Medieval Abrahamic religions
- Christian contemplation and mysticism
- Jewish Hasidism and Kabbalism
- Academic views
- Orientalism
- Common-core thesis
- Perennialism
- Critiques of the common-core thesis
- Phenomenology
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Nondualism, also called nonduality, is a polyvalent term originating in Indian philosophy and religion, where it is used in various, related contemplative philosophies which aim to negate dualistic thinking or conceptual proliferation (prapanca) and thereby realize nondual awareness, 'that which is beyond discursive thinking', a state of consciousness described in contemplative traditions as a background field of unified, immutable awareness that exists prior to conceptual thought.
The English term "nonduality" is derived from the Sanskrit Hindu term "advaita" (अद्वैत), "not-two" or "one without a second", meaning that only Brahman, 'the one', is ultimately real while 'the world', or the multiplicity of thought-constructs, 'the second', is not fully real; and from the Buddhist term advaya, which is also literally translated as "not two" and has various applications, including the Madhyamaka negation of thinking in opposites such as ordinary, conventional truth versus ultimate truth, and in Yogachara the deconstruction of the "apprehension of sensory objects as separate from the perceiving consciousness".