Alaya-vjjñana
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Alaya-vjjñana (Sk.) The central or universal consciousness which is the womb or ‘store’ (alaya) consciousness. A term introduced by the Yogacara School of Indian Bsm. (q.v.) For comparison with the Unconscious of Western psychology see Suzuki, Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (1960).
see also: Yogacara; alaya-consciousness