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Mind6 min

Lay Practitioner Zhuang Chunjiang: A Study of Tathāgatagarbha — Chapter 3: The Development of the Teaching on the Mind's Innate Purity

According to the Mahāvibhāṣā and the Abhidharmakośa, "mind" (citta) carries the sense of "growing, accumulating, and lineage"—it's a broad, general term that doesn't denote a singular nature (which is why investigating its "substance" is...

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Lay Life3 min

Are we the same Alaya-vijnana throughout all our lifetimes?

Master, the eighth consciousness, or ālayavijñāna, is the first to enter the womb at conception, and the last to depart when we transition to our next rebirth. So is it the same ālayavijñāna throughout all our lifetimes? Venerable Master...

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