About the Book: World as Image
There is something profoundly counter-intuitive about AdvaitaVedanta. Nothing is
more obvious to both the philosophical as wellas the non-philosophical observer
than the fact that multiplicityconstitutes the basic datum of our experience.
Variety is not onlythe spice of life - it is a cardinal fact of life. The
doctrines ofAdvaita Vedanta shock us by flying in the face of this fact and
bydenying any ultimacy to that plurality and variety which weexperience so
intimately. This naturally raises the question: howdoes Adavita Vedanta render
its doctrines credible in the facetheir apparent implausibility. This book is an
exploration of oneof its central illustrative devices