Category: Buddhism

Consciousness Only

Consciousness Only

In Buddhism, consciousness-only (Sanskrit:vijñapti-mātratā, vijñapti-mātra,citta-mātra; Chinese:唯識; Pinyin: wei shi;Japanese: yuishiki) is a theoryaccording to which all existence is nothing butconsciousness, and therefore there is nothing that liesoutside of the mind. This means that conscious-experience isnothing but false discriminations or imaginations; aprovisional antidote; thus, the notion of consciousness-only isan indictment of the problems engendered by the activities ofconsciousness. This was a...