Faxiang school
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The Faxiang school is a Chinese Buddhist tradition that systematizes Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy, emphasizing the mind’s role in constructing reality.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Buddhist school
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Chinese Buddhist school ⓘ Yogācāra tradition ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Consciousness-Only school (in Chinese context)
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Dharma Characteristics school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ci’en Monastery
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Kuiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 法相宗 ⓘ |
| continuesAs | philosophical influence within East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
| coreText |
Cheng Weishi Lun
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Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ commentaries of Dharmapāla ⓘ works of Vasubandhu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| developedIn | Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrinalCategory | Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
consciousness-only (vijñaptimātra) doctrine
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eight consciousnesses theory ⓘ mind’s role in constructing reality ⓘ storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | declined as an independent school in China ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Hossō school
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Korean Beopsang school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Asaṅga
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Dharmapāla NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Yogācāra school NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfEarlyTexts | Chinese ⓘ |
| mainDoctrinalBasis |
Consciousness-Only philosophy
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Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
analysis of consciousness
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epistemology ⓘ ontology of phenomena as mental constructions ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
eight consciousnesses
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karma and seeds (bīja) in consciousness ⓘ trisvabhāva ⓘ vijñaptimātra ⓘ ālaya-vijñāna ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teaches |
all phenomena are manifestations of consciousness
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distinction between apparent and ultimate reality ⓘ three natures: imagined, dependent, perfected ⓘ |
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