| Term |
all-encompassing foundation consciousness
Referenced by: alayavijnana (alternative term) foundation consciousness (alternative term) consciousness, all-encompassing foundation (cross-reference only) consciousness, foundation (cross-reference only) storehouse consciousness (alternative term) |
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| Tibetan | kun-gzhi rnam-shes |
| Sanskrit | alayavijnana |
| Pali | |
| Definition | An unspecified, nonobstructive, individual consciousness that underlies all cognition, cognizes the same objects as the cognitions it underlies, but is a nondetermining cognition of what appears to it and lacks clarity of its objects. It carries the karmic legacies of karma and the mental impressions of memories, in the sense that they are imputed on it. It is also translated as "foundation consciousness" and, by some translators, as "storehouse consciousness." According to Gelug, asserted only by the Chittamatra system; according to non-Gelug, assserted by both the Chittamatra and Madhyamaka systems. |
| German | alles umfassendes grundlegendes Bewusstsein |
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| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | mind-basis-of-all |
| Russian | всеохватывающее сознание-основа |
| Vietnamese | A lại da tàng thức |