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Nonduality is a fuzzy concept, for which many definitions can be found. [note 2] According to David Loy, since there are similar ideas and terms in a wide variety of spiritualities and religions, ancient and modern, no single definition for the English word "nonduality" can suffice, and perhaps it is best to speak of various "nondualities" or theories of nonduality. [24]
Advaita is often translated as "non-duality," but a more apt translation is "non-secondness." [ 7 ] Advaita has several meanings: Nonduality of subject and object [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ web 2 ] As Gaudapada states, when a distinction is made between subject and object, people grasp to objects, which is samsara .
Vishishta Advaita, meaning "non-duality with distinctions", is a non-dualistic philosophy that recognizes Brahman as the supreme reality while also acknowledging its multiplicity. This philosophy can be characterized as a form of qualified monism , attributive monism, or qualified non-dualism.
Spirituality, nonduality, philosophy, metaphysics, mysticism. Website. rupertspira .com. Rupert Spira ( / ˈspaɪrə /; [ 1] born 1960) is an English philosopher, author and potter, based in Oxford, UK. He is a proponent of nondualism and what he terms 'the Direct Path'. [ 2]
Unity of opposites. The unity of opposites (Latin; unio oppositorum) is the central category of dialectics, said to be related to the notion of non-duality in a deep sense. [ 1] It defines a situation in which the existence or identity of a thing (or situation) depends on the co-existence of at least two conditions which are opposite to each ...
Since the meaning is "seeing one's own true nature," kenshō is usually translated "self-realization." Like all words that try to reduce the conceptually ungraspable experience of enlightenment to a concept, this one is also not entirely accurate and is even misleading, since the experience contains no duality of "seer" and "seen" because there ...
The Prajnaparamita-sutras and Madhyamaka emphasized the non-duality of form and emptiness: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, as the heart sutra says. [11] The ultimate truth in Madhyamaka is the truth that everything is empty , that which is an underlying unchanging essence. [12]
The non-duality between the Ultimate Nature (i.e., the unaltered appearance of all phenomena) and the Condition (i.e., the Basis of all) is called the Identity (bdag nyid). This unicum of primordial purity (ka dag) and spontaneous accomplishment (lhun grub) is the Way of Being (gnas lugs) of the Pure-and-Perfect-Mind [byang chub (kyi) sems].