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Nonduality

“Not two”: the realisation that the separation of self and world, or self and God, is not ultimately real.

Also: nondualism, advaya

Philosophy and the study of mysticism

Nonduality translates Sanskrit advaya and advaita, “not two”. It differs from monism in refusing to count: it denies duality without asserting a single thing. Advaita Vedānta, Madhyamaka, Dzogchen, Kashmir Śaivism and the Daoist sages each express it in their own terms, as do Christian and Sufi writers speaking of union.