Weishi school

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Buddhist school Chinese Buddhist tradition Yogācāra tradition

The Weishi school is a Chinese Buddhist tradition that develops and interprets Yogācāra “consciousness-only” philosophy, emphasizing the mind’s role in constructing reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist school ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist tradition ⓘ
Yogācāra tradition ⓘ
alternativeName Consciousness-Only school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Faxiang school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vijñaptimātra school NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPractice cultivation of wisdom regarding consciousness-only ⓘ
meditative analysis of mind and consciousness ⓘ
basedOn Yogācāra philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
broughtToChinaBy Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine consciousness-only (vijñaptimātra) ⓘ
eight consciousnesses ⓘ
storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ
three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
doctrineDetail afflictions arise from misapprehension of mental representations ⓘ
denies ultimately independent external objects ⓘ
emphasis analysis of cognition ⓘ
mind’s role in constructing reality ⓘ
phenomena as mental representations ⓘ
goal liberation through transforming consciousness ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFigure Kuiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woncheuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Asian Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
Huayan school NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Asaṅga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dharmapāla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Yogācāra school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfClassicalTexts Chinese ⓘ
parentTradition Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalFocus epistemology ⓘ
nature of perception ⓘ
ontology of mind ⓘ
regionOfInfluence China NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalBasis Cheng Weishi Lun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ
systematizedBy Kuiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOnExternalWorld phenomena as constructions of consciousness ⓘ

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Yogācāra → associatedSchool → Weishi school ⓘ