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The Metaphysics of Meditation is a deeply insightful study of Sa?kara’s and Aurobindo’s engagement with the Isa Upani?ad. With his characteristic textual and analytical rigor, Phillips addresses important issues in metaphysics, philosophy of consciousness, philosophy of meditation, and the interpretation of Vedanta. It will be of great interest to scholars in philosophy, religion, and consciousness studies. * Matthew MacKenzie, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, USA * Prevailing scholarship assumes irreconcilable differences in Sa?kara’s and Aurobindo’s Vedantic worldviews. Stephen Phillips challenges this through a critical comparison of their commentaries on the Isa Upani?ad. He reveals overlooked convergences, and provides novel perspectives on the entanglements of meditation and yogic phenomenology with metaphysics. In the process, Phillips invites readers to bridge the temporal, cultural, and philosophical gaps between two of South Asia’s most influential thinkers. * Neil Dalal, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Canada * Prevailing scholarship assumes irreconcilable differences in Sa?kara’s and Aurobindo’s Vedantic worldviews. Stephen Phillips challenges this through a critical comparison of their commentaries on the Isa Upani?ad. He reveals overlooked convergences, and provides novel perspectives on the entanglements of meditation and yogic phenomenology with metaphysics. In the process, Phillips invites readers to bridge the temporal, cultural, and philosophical gaps between two of South Asia’s most influential thinkers. * Neil Dalal, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Canada * In this remarkable book, Stephen Phillips offers a provocative new study of the Isa Upani?ad that is admirably attentive to its literary, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions. More controversially, he claims to find common ground between Sa?kara and Sri Aurobindo—usually considered to be worlds apart—in their reflections on the metaphysical and meditative teachings in the scripture. * Swami Medhananda, University of Southern California and UCLA *

The Metaphysics of Meditation is a deeply insightful study of Sa?kara’s and Aurobindo’s engagement with the Isa Upani?ad. With his characteristic textual and analytical rigor, Phillips addresses important issues in metaphysics, philosophy of consciousness, philosophy of meditation, and the interpretation of Vedanta. It will be of great interest to scholars in philosophy, religion, and consciousness studies. * Matthew MacKenzie, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, USA *

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Stephen Phillips is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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