The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Non-Duality in Indian Philosophy
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Non-Duality in Indian Philosophy
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The concept of non-duality is foundational to various Asian religious and philosophical traditions, finding its most sophisticated and diversified expressions in Indian thought. Focusing on a rich array of premodern Indian texts across multiple languages and traditions, this handbook charts the different articulations, functions and typologies of non-duality for the first time.
Chapters highlight the seminal thinkers who creatively developed or engaged innovatively with an aspect of non-dualistic thought and praxis in their tradition. Written by a team of recognized experts, they cover all major Sanskrit-language religious and philosophical traditions of India-brahmanical, Buddhist, Jain and tantric-and vernacular works. Each contribution introduces critical terms, concepts and definitions used to convey and qualify non-duality, speaking directly to fundamental questions such as what is a key element of non-duality in this philosophical system or religious tradition? What work does it accomplish therein and how?
Weaving together traditions that are often discussed in isolation, it reframes the scholarly approach to non-duality in premodern India and provides a comprehensive treatment of a complex and central issue in Indian philosophy and religion. This is an invaluable and accessible resource for scholars and students alike.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Mapping Non-Duality in Premodern South Asia
Jonathan Duquette & James Madaio
1 Non-duality in Early Mahayana Sutras: Prajñaparamita and Vimalakirtinirdesa
Matthew Orsborn
2 Non-duality in Early Indian Yogacara: The Case of the Tattvarthapa?ala
A. Calahan Morse
3 Non-duality in Indian Buddha-Nature Literature
Christopher V. Jones
4 Was Bhart?hari a Non-dualist thinker?
Marco Ferrante
5 The Non-dualism of Early Advaita Vedanta: Gau?apada and the Redeployment of Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy
Richard King
6 Non-duality in Dharmakirti
Birgit Kellner
7 'Accidental Duality' and 'Variety Within Non-duality': The Philosophy of Bhedabheda Vedanta
Aleksandar Uskokov
8 Sa?kara: A Pedagogical Strategy for Realising the Identity of atman and brahman
Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
9 Non-duality in the Pañcaratra Tradition
Marion Rastelli
10 Somananda and the Culmination of Saiva Philosophical Non-dualism
Raffaele Torella
11 Idealism and Realism: The Mirror and Agency in Abhinavagupta's Non-dualist Tantra
Loriliai Biernacki
12 How a Pot Knows John: A Comparison Between Two Advaita Models in Classical Indian Traditions
Francesco Sferra
13 The Varieties of Non-dualism in Late Indian Yogacara
Davey K. Tomlinson
14 The World Inside a Rock: Actuality and Virtuality in the Yogavasi??ha
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
15 Uniting Through Devotion: Ra¯ma¯nuja's Non-dualism of the Qualified God
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
16 Non-dualism in Saiva Mythology: The invocation stanzas of The Magic Jewel of Siva's Deeds
Judit Törzsök
17 The Dynamic Non-dualism of the Srividya
Silvia Schwarz Linder
18 'Unity' (aikya) in Ve?ka?anatha's Thought
Marcus Schmücker
19 Inhabiting Non-duality: Vidyara?ya's Contemplative Phenomenology of Consciousness-Only
James Madaio
20 Non-duality and Social Ethics in Popular Practice: Devotional Hindu Cases in the Varkari Tradition of Western India
Jon Keune
21 Non-duality and Tamil Religious Thought
Eric Steinschneider
22 A Distinctive Category of Non-duality in Sikh Texts, Traditions, and Practices
Pashaura Singh
23 All is Dirt: Non-dualism and Devotion in Jiva Gosvamin's Theology
Rembert Lutjeharms
24 Madhusudana Sarasvati's Analytic Account of Non-Dualism
Michael T. Williams
25 The Sivadvaita Paradox: 'Siva the Fourth' (turiyasiva) in the Sivatattvaviveka
Jonathan Duquette
26 Embodied Non-duality: Entextualisation of the Body in the Am?taratnavali of Mukundadasa
Glen A. Hayes
27 Non-duality in Mughal Sufi Poetry
Sajjad Rizvi
28 Ba?r al-?Ulum and the Oneness of Existence: Non-duality in Late Mughal
Philosophical Sufism
Ryan Brizendine
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 9781350298354 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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