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.

Offers an analysis of the philosophies of non-dualism of (Hindu) Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Taoism. The author extracts what he calls "a core doctrine" of non-duality of seer and seen from these three worldviews and then applies the doctrine in various ways, including a critique of Derrida's deconstructionism. "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