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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.
The Eight Consciousnesses (Skt. aṣṭa vijñānakāyāḥ [1]) is a classification developed in the tradition of the Yogācāra school of Mahayana Buddhism.They enumerate the five sense consciousnesses, supplemented by the mental consciousness (manovijñāna), the defiled mental consciousness (kliṣṭamanovijñāna [2]), and finally the fundamental store-house consciousness ...
XXII.40-43); thus, for instance, while nine qualities (zeal, consciousness, joy, tranquility, equanimity, intention, speech, action, livelihood) are mentioned only once in the full list of 37 qualities, the other five qualities are mentioned multiple times.
A diagram of the model of the Eight Consciousnesses similar to that taught by Huiyuan (from the Xingming guizhi). The bottom circle depicts the origin of all phenomena, the "pure and undefiled consciousness" (白淨識bái jìng shí) enclosed in a circle representing the alaya with dark (defiled) and white halves (virtuous consciousness).
The Nine Consciousness; Third eye; Three Ages of Buddhism; Three Jewels and Three Roots; Three marks of existence; Threefold Training; Tirthika; Tiyong; Trailokya; Trikaya; Trishna (Vedic thought) Two truths doctrine
there are six types of consciousness, each unique to one of the internal sense organs; consciousness (viññā ṇ a) is separate (and arises) from mind (mano) here, consciousness cognizes or is aware of its specific sense base (including the mind and mind objects) viññā ṇ a is a prerequisite for the arising of craving (ta ṇ hā)
They are divided into the Six Realms (六道), followed by higher states of enlightened consciousness that lead to final Buddhahood. The Six Realms are: Hell (地獄道), the Hungry Ghosts or pretas (餓鬼道), the Beasts (畜生道), the Titans or Asuras (修羅道), Humans (人道) and lastly Heaven, or the realm of the gods (天道).
"Buddhism is a method for purifying the stream of consciousness from 'contaminations' and 'defilements.'" "Each individual has eight types of consciousness, but Enlightenment (or Awakening) requires overturning their basis, such that consciousness (vijñaana) is 'turned' into unmediated cognition (jñaana)."