Editing Monism (section)

==== Characteristics ====
The central problem in Asian (religious) philosophy is not the body-mind problem, but the search for an unchanging Real or Absolute beyond the world of appearances and changing phenomena,{{sfn|Nakamura|1991}} and the search for liberation from [[dukkha]] and the liberation from the [[cycle of rebirth]].{{sfn|Puligandla|1997}} In Hinduism, [[Substance theory|substance-ontology]] prevails, seeing [[Brahman]] as the unchanging real beyond the world of [[Maya (illusion)|appearances]].{{sfn|Puligandla|1997|p=50}} In Buddhism, [[process ontology]] is prevalent,{{sfn|Puligandla|1997|p=50}} seeing reality as [[sunyata|empty]] of an unchanging essence.{{sfn|Kalupahana|1992}}{{sfn|Kalupahana|1994}}

Characteristic for various Asian philosophy, technology and religions is the discernment of levels of truth,{{sfn|Loy|1988|p=9-11}} an emphasis on intuitive-experiential understanding of the Absolute{{sfn|Rambachan|1994}}{{sfn|Hawley|2006}}{{sfn|Sharf|1995}}{{sfn|Renard|1999|p=59}} such as [[jnana]], [[bodhi]] and [[kensho|jianxing: (Chinese; 見性)]], and the technology of [[yin and yang]] used within [[East Asian medicine]] with an emphasis on the integration of these levels of truth and its understanding.{{sfn|Renard|1999|p=31}}{{sfn|Maezumi| Glassman|2007}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-15786-3 |editor-last=Buswell |editor-first=Robert E. |location=Princeton |editor-last2=Lopez |editor-first2=Donald S.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryan 陈明 |first=Paul F. |title=Chinese Medical Classics: Selected Readings |publisher=People's Medical Publishing House |year=2014 |isbn=9787117189316}}</ref>