Vijñānavāda

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Vijñānavāda is a major Mahayana Buddhist philosophical school that emphasizes consciousness-only (mind-only) as the basis of experience and reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
Buddhist idealist school ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist philosophical school ⓘ
aimsAt elimination of cognitive distortions ⓘ
realization of perfected nature ⓘ
alternativeName Cittamātra ⓘ
Consciousness-only school ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra

Mind-only school ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra

Yogācāra ⓘ
associatedText Madhyānta-vibhāga ⓘ
Mahāyāna-saṃgraha ⓘ
Trisvabhāva-nirdeśa ⓘ
Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā ⓘ
Viṃśatikā-vijñaptimātratā ⓘ
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra ⓘ
branchOf Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
contrastedWith Madhyamaka ⓘ
coreDoctrine consciousness-only (vijñapti-mātra) ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda

dependent nature (paratantra-svabhāva) ⓘ
eight consciousnesses ⓘ
imagined nature (parikalpita-svabhāva) ⓘ
mind-only (citta-mātra) ⓘ
perfected nature (pariniṣpanna-svabhāva) ⓘ
storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ
three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ
debatedWith Sarvāstivāda ⓘ
Sautrāntika ⓘ
linked to: Sautrāntika school
developedIn India ⓘ
developedInPeriod 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
emphasizes consciousness as basis of experience ⓘ
illusory nature of external objects ⓘ
non-duality of subject and object ⓘ
transformation of consciousness on the path to awakening ⓘ
influenced Chinese Faxiang school ⓘ
linked to: Faxiang school

East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Hossō school ⓘ
linked to: Hossō school

Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
keyFigure Asaṅga ⓘ
Dharmapāla ⓘ
Maitreya-nātha ⓘ
linked to: Maitreya

Sthiramati ⓘ
Vasubandhu ⓘ
Xuanzang ⓘ
languageOfKeyTexts Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation epistemological analysis of experience ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
phenomenalism ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yogācāra → alternativeName → Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Hosso sect → coreDoctrine → Consciousness-only (vijñaptimātra) ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Hossō school → coreDoctrine → Consciousness-only (Vijñaptimātra) ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Hossō → parentTradition → Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Nyaya Sudha → philosophicalSchool → Tattvavada ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Anandatirtha → founded → Tattvavada ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Udupi Ashta Mathas → associatedWith → Tattvavada ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Asanga → philosophicalSchool → Vijnanavada ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Vasubandhu → philosophicalSchool → Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Vijñānavāda → coreDoctrine → consciousness-only (vijñapti-mātra) ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda
Cittamātra → alternativeName → Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Asaṅga → philosophicalSchool → Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra → mainDoctrine → Vijñaptimātra (representation-only) ⓘ
linked to: Vijñānavāda