Consciousness-only

In Buddhism, consciousness-only (Sanskrit:

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Buddhism - Sanskrit

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vijñapti-mātratā, vijñapti-mātra,

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citta-mātra; Chinese:

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唯識; Pinyin: wei shi;

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Japanese: yuishiki) is a theory

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according to which all existence is nothing but

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consciousness, and therefore there is nothing that lies

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outside of the mind. This means that conscious-experience is

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nothing but false discriminations or imaginations; a

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provisional antidote; thus, the notion of consciousness-only is

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an indictment of the problems engendered by the activities of

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consciousness. This was a major component of the thought of

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the school of Yogācāra, which had a major impact

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on subsequent schools after its introdution in East Asia.

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