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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.
This "pure consciousness is identified with the nature of reality (parinispanna) or Suchness." [ 47 ] Alternatively, amalavijñāna may be considered the pure aspect of ālayavijñāna. Some Buddhists also suggest hrdaya (Heart) consciousnesses (一切一心識), or an eleven consciousnesses theory or an infinity consciousness ( 無量識 ).
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).
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 ...
Chidakasha (Sanskrit: चिदाकाश, Chidākāśa) is a term in Hindu philosophy and yogic traditions that translates to the "space of consciousness" or "inner sky." Chidakasha is the metaphysical concept of an infinite realm that is luminous, all-pervading, innately sentient, and full of pure awareness.
Jain philosophy is the oldest world philosophy that separates body from the soul (consciousness) completely. [4] Individual conscience and individual consciousness are central in the Jain philosophy. Self-realization is one of the major pre-requisites to attain ultimate enlightenment and liberation . Self-realization means peeling away ...
In The Macmillan Dictionary of Psychology (1989 edition), Stuart Sutherland emphasized external awareness, and expressed a skeptical attitude more than a definition: Consciousness—The having of perceptions, thoughts, and feelings; awareness. The term is impossible to define except in terms that are unintelligible without a grasp of what ...