Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Bopitiye Wimalagnana Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 160 ISBN: 9783659430909
Описание
There are two major schools persist at present namely Theravada and Mahayana. These two schools presented new concepts to establish their philosophical foundation and the metaphysics. In the history of Buddhist philosophy, it can be seen some controversial statements among the Theravada and Mahayana -Yogacara schools. One of the most controversial expressions is the concept of bhava?ga-citta (life-continuum consciousness) of Theravada and alaya-vijnana (store-consciousness) of Yogacara School. Especially, these concepts reveal the psychic process of the human being. Modern scholarship suggests that bhava?ga -citta and alaya-vijnana similar to unconscious state of the mind. However, so far, there seems to be few studies done by modern scholars. But they haven’t paid more attention to the comparative study of the relevant concepts. Therefore, this study attempts to present Early Buddhist analysis of mind, Theravada and Yogacara definition of consciousness, similarities and differences...
