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    Nonduality: in Buddhism and beyond
    Wisdom Publications. 1997.
    Previously published: Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1997.
  • Buddhisms and Deconstructions
    with Jane Augustine, Zong-qi Cai, Simon Glynn, Gad Horowitz, Roger Jackson, E. H. Jarow, Steven W. Laycock, Ian Mabbett, Frank W. Stevenson, Youru Wang, and Ellen Y. Zhang
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2006.
    Buddhisms and Deconstructions considers the connection between Buddhism and Derridean deconstruction, focusing on the work of Robert Magliola. Fourteen distinguished contributors discuss deconstruction and various Buddhisms—Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese —followed by an afterword in which Magliola responds directly to his critics
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    Varieties of Ethical Reflection: New Directions for Ethics in a Global Context (edited book)
    with Stephen C. Angle, Michael Barnhart, Carl B. Becker, Purushottama Bilimoria, Samuel Fleischacker, Alan Fox, Damien Keown, Russell Kirkland, Mara Miller, and Kirill Ole Thompson
    Lexington Books. 2002.
    Varieties of Ethical Reflection brings together new cultural and religious perspectives—drawn from non-Western, primarily Asian, philosophical sources—to globalize the contemporary discussion of theoretical and applied ethics
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    David R. Loy addresses head-on the most pressing issues of Buddhist philosophy in our time. What is the meaning of enlightenment--is it an escape from the world, or is it a form of psychological healing? How can one reconcile modern scientific theory with ancient religious teachings? What is our role in the universe? Loy shows us that neither Buddhism nor secular society by itself is sufficient to answer these questions. Instead, he investigates the unexpected intersections of the two.
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    The Tao Tê Ching is probably the world's second most translated and annotated book , yet it remains among the most enigmatic. Of its eighty-one chapters, no one denies that the most important is the first, and many scholars go further to claim that it is the key to the whole work: if it is understood fully, all the rest may be seen to be implied. Unfortunately, the first chapter also happens to be the most ambiguous. But even so, after so much attention can there be anything left to say? It seem…Read more
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    How many nondualities are there?
    Journal of Indian Philosophy 11 (4): 413-426. 1983.
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    Language against Its Own Mystifications: Deconstruction in Nagarjuna and Dogen
    Philosophy East and West 49 (3): 245-260. 1999.
    Nāgārjuna and Dōgen point to many of the same Buddhist insights because they deconstruct the same type of dualities, mostly versions of our commonsense but delusive distinction between substance and attribute, subject and predicate. This is demonstrated by examining chapter 2 of the "Mūlamadhyamakakārikā" and Dōgen's transgression of traditional Buddhist teachings in his "Shōbōgenzō." Nonetheless, they reach quite different conclusions about the possibility of language expressing a "true" unders…Read more
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    Freedom
    International Studies in Philosophy 32 (2): 29-52. 2000.
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    Freedom
    International Studies in Philosophy 32 (2): 29-52. 2000.
  • The Ecological Virtues of Buddhism
    In Heesoon Bai, David Chang & Charles Scott (eds.), A book of ecological virtues: living well in the anthropocene, University of Regina Press. 2020.
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    The Deep Roots of Mara and Mammon: The Implications of Evolutionary Psychology
    Buddhist-Christian Studies 39 (1): 227-239. 2019.
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    Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra
    with Donald S. Lopez
    Philosophy East and West 49 (4): 520. 1999.
  • Nonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 32 (2): 117-119. 1992.
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    Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue (review) (review)
    Philosophy East and West 55 (2): 363-367. 2005.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding DialogueDavid R. LoyPsychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue. Edited by Jeremy D. Safran. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003, Pp. xvii + 443.In the burgeoning literature on Buddhism and psychoanalysis/psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue stands out. True to its subtitle, the format is designed to encourage genuine dialogue. Following an excell…Read more
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    The Clôture of Deconstruction: A Mahāyāna Critique of Derrida
    International Philosophical Quarterly 27 (1): 59-80. 1987.
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    Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta
    International Philosophical Quarterly 22 (1): 65-74. 1982.
    Buddhism, By denying the subject, And advaita, By denying the object, Both resolve the problematic subject-Object relationship. That they are mirror-Images suggests that "nirvana" and "moksha" might amount to the same thing-Nonduality. "there is no self" equals "everything is the self." buddhism emphasizes "sunyata" because it is a phenomenological description of enlightenment. Advaita speaks of monistic "brahman" because it is a philosophical attempt to describe reality from the fictional "outs…Read more
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    The Spiritual Origins of the West
    International Philosophical Quarterly 40 (2): 215-233. 2000.
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    Preparing For Something That Never Happens: The Means/Ends Problem in Modern Culture
    International Studies in Philosophy 26 (4): 47-68. 1994.
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    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Why Buddhism and the Modern World Need Each Other:A Buddhist PerspectiveDavid R. LoyThe mercy of the West has been social revolution. The mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both.—Gary Snyder1Another way to make Snyder’s point would be: The highest ideal of the Western tradition has been the concern to restructure our societies so that they are more socially just. The most important goal fo…Read more
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    Healing Deconstruction: Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity (edited book)
    Oxford University Press USA. 1996.
    This collection reflects the confluence of two contemporary developments: the Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the deconstruction theory of Jacques Derrida. The five essays both explore and demonstrate the relationship between postmodernism and Buddhist-Christian thought. The liberating andhealing potential of de-essentialized concepts and images, language, bodies and symbols are revealed throughout. Included are essays by Roger Corless, David Loy, Philippa Berry, Morny Joy, and Robert Magliola.
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    Preparing for Something that Never Happens: the means/ends problem in modern culture
    International Studies in Philosophy 26 (4): 47-68. 1994.