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The Indian context for "inclusivism" is actually quite broad, and covers a number of different but related contexts. It takes inter-traditional forms as well as intra-traditional. Intra-traditionally, it includes the Buddhist idea of skillful means... More »
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Wilber's description of enlightenment as "sahaj samadhi" derives primarly from Da, who in turn appropriates the term from the writings of Ramana Maharshi. For Da, "sahaj samadhi" denotes a non-exclusory samadhi, i.e., a samadhi that... More »
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The term "causal" (karana) can be traced back to the Book One of the Gaudapada Karika. Here are the pertinent verses: 11 Visva and Taijasa are conditioned by cause and effect. Prajna is conditioned by... More »
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To get the gist of the two 'forms' of non-duality in Wilber's writings, we need to go back to Da. And from there we need to backtrack to the contrast between trancendentalism and immanentism found... More »
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On pages 201-205 of One Taste , after indulging in his typical penchant for hyperbole, Wilber offers us his "Introduction" to Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi . He says: Ramana, echoing Shankara, used to say:... More »
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One thing that is noticable in Wilber's most recent work is a continuing refinement and adjustment of the relationship between "states," "structures," and "stages." Gone, for example, is the highly problematic, and perhaps ridiculous, idea that... More »
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It is fairly clear that even in Integral Spirituality , Ken remains attached to views put forward by Franklin Jones in Nirvanasara . Whenever Ken instanciates "causal formlessness" with the "classical nirvana" of Hinayana Buddhism,... More »
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I have at times referred to Kenny's use of hyperbole when referring to other individuals or their teachings. I take it that Kenny has picked up this particular rhetorical modality from the materials he uses,... More »
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Throughout his writings, and notably in Integral Spirituality , Ken speaks of "phenomenology" in terms of a "first person" account or description of the contents of consciousness. This usage is idiosyncratic and it reveals a... More »
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In Integral Spirituality , Ken writes: When one is in deep meditation or contemplation, touching even that which is formless and unmanifest-the purest emptiness of cessation-there are of course no conceptual forms arising. This pure... More »
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Ken Wilber
March 2009 
