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The Nine Consciousness is a concept in Buddhism, specifically in Nichiren Buddhism, [1] that theorizes there are nine levels that comprise a person's experience of life. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It fundamentally draws on how people's physical bodies react to the external world, then considers the inner workings of the mind which result in a person's actions.
This is the Vishaya- chaitanya or the 'object-consciousness' which does not mean consciousness of the object but the object which is a phase of consciousness which prevails everywhere. [ 11 ] To advaitins , it refers to a pure consciousness that knows itself and also knows others.
Huiyuan glosses this term as supreme consciousness, pure consciousness, true consciousness, tathata consciousness and root consciousness. [8] It is the intrinsically pure and eternal origin of all things but can be covered of by the defilements and thus it is the tathāgatagarbha which is the pure basis for all other consciousnesses (as taught ...
Sciousness, a term coined by William James in The Principles of Psychology, refers to consciousness separate from consciousness of self. James wrote: Instead of the stream of thought being one of con-sciousness, 'thinking its own existence along with whatever else it thinks'...it might better be called a stream of Sciousness pure and simple, thinking objects of some of which it makes what it ...
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines consciousness as "the state of understanding and realizing something". [21] The Oxford Living Dictionary defines consciousness as "[t]he state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings", "[a] person's awareness or perception of something", and "[t]he fact of awareness by the mind of itself ...
The definition of “consciousness” is becoming ever more important as artificial intelligence continues to evolve at a rapid pace.Although some overzealous AI researchers have marveled at large ...
The eternal witness, pure consciousness, He watches our work from within, beyond The reach of the gunas (attributes of mind)." (Shvetashvatara Upanishad Sl. VI.11, translated by Eknath Easwaran) The Varaha Upanishad (IV) refers to one of the seven Bhumikas which is of the form of pranava (Aum or Om).
The amalavijñāna (阿摩羅識), "immaculate consciousness", is considered by some Yogācāra schools as a ninth level of consciousness. [46] This "pure consciousness is identified with the nature of reality (parinispanna) or Suchness." [47] Alternatively, amalavijñāna may be considered the pure aspect of ālayavijñāna.