Vijñānavāda

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Buddhist doctrine Buddhist idealist school Mahayana Buddhist philosophical school

Vijñānavāda is a major Mahayana Buddhist philosophical school that emphasizes consciousness-only (mind-only) as the basis of experience and reality.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Consciousness-only (vijñaptimātra)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist idealist school ⓘ Mahayana Buddhist philosophical school ⓘ
aimsAt	elimination of cognitive distortions ⓘ realization of perfected nature ⓘ
alternativeName	Cittamātra NERFINISHED ⓘ Consciousness-only school NERFINISHED ⓘ Mind-only school NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedText	Madhyānta-vibhāga NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahāyāna-saṃgraha ⓘ Trisvabhāva-nirdeśa NERFINISHED ⓘ Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā ⓘ Viṃśatikā-vijñaptimātratā ⓘ Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOf	Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine	consciousness-only (vijñapti-mātra) NERFINISHED ⓘ dependent nature (paratantra-svabhāva) ⓘ eight consciousnesses ⓘ imagined nature (parikalpita-svabhāva) ⓘ mind-only (citta-mātra) ⓘ perfected nature (pariniṣpanna-svabhāva) ⓘ storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ
debatedWith	Sarvāstivāda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sautrāntika NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInPeriod	4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
emphasizes	consciousness as basis of experience ⓘ illusory nature of external objects ⓘ non-duality of subject and object ⓘ transformation of consciousness on the path to awakening ⓘ
influenced	Chinese Faxiang school NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asian Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Hossō school NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
keyFigure	Asaṅga NERFINISHED ⓘ Dharmapāla NERFINISHED ⓘ Maitreya-nātha NERFINISHED ⓘ Sthiramati NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfKeyTexts	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	epistemological analysis of experience ⓘ idealism ⓘ phenomenalism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yogācāra → alternativeName → Vijñānavāda ⓘ

Hosso sect → coreDoctrine → Vijñānavāda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consciousness-only (vijñaptimātra)