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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. [12]
Similar ideas were proposed by Edward Conze [149] and M. Falk, [153] citing sources which speak of an eternal and "invisible infinite consciousness, which shines everywhere" as point to the view that nirvana is a kind of Absolute, [149] and arguing that the nirvanic element, as an "essence" or pure consciousness, is immanent within samsara ...
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 ...
Puruṣa is the transcendental self or pure consciousness. It is absolute, independent, free, imperceptible, unknowable through other agencies, above any experience by mind or senses and beyond any words or explanations. It remains pure, "nonattributive consciousness". Puruṣa is neither produced nor does it produce.
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 field of mind (Chittakasha) involves the duality of subject and object, the seer and the seen, the observer (drg) and the observed (drshya); this duality is overcome in the field of pure Consciousness. Such knowledge, says Sankara, does not destroy or create, it only illumines. [2]
It represents pure consciousness and transcends human understanding, often referred to as "Nothing" or the "Hidden Light". Keter is associated with the divine name " Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh " ( אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה ), meaning "I Am that I Am", which was revealed to Moses from the burning bush , [ 1 ] and it embodies the ...
Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it has evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it. [29] Using 'awareness', however, as a definition or synonym of consciousness is not a simple matter: