Ālayavijñāna

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Key Term	ālayavijñāna
In Tibetan Script	ཀུན་གཞིའི་རྣམ་ཤེས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	kun gzhi'i rnam shes
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	आलयविज्ञान
Romanized Sanskrit	ālayavijñāna
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	kunshi namshe
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	ālaya-consciousness
Richard Barron's English Term	consciousness as the basis/ ground of all (ordinary) experience; conscious aspect of the basis/ ground of all experience
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	storehouse-consciousness; foundation-consciousness
Ives Waldo's English Term	all-ground consciousness
Alternate Spellings	kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa; kun gzhi rnam shes
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Definitions
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	All-ground consciousness, as one of the eight collections of cognitions; consciousness as ground of all (ordinary/ samsaric) experience.
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	rnam shes tshogs brgyad kyi nang gses/ ma bsgribs lung ma bstan pa'i gtso bo'i rnam shes gang zhig bag chags kyi bgo gzhir gyur pa rnam smin dang sa bon thams cad kyi rten du gyur cing don gyi ngo bo rig pa

Although it is commonly used as an abbreviation of ālayavijñāna (kun gzhi'i rnam shes), in later Tibetan traditions, particularly that of the Kagyu and the Nyingma, it came to denote an ultimate or pure basis of mind, as opposed to the ordinary, deluded consciousness represented by the ālayavijñāna. Alternatively, in the Jonang tradition, this pure version is referred to as ālaya-wisdom (kun gzhi'i ye shes).

Although it is commonly used as an abbreviation of ālayavijñāna (kun gzhi'i rnam shes), in later Tibetan traditions, particularly that of the Kagyu and the Nyingma, it came to denote an ultimate or pure basis of mind, as opposed to the ordinary, deluded consciousness represented by the ālayavijñāna. Alternatively, in the Jonang tradition, this pure version is referred to as ālaya-wisdom (kun gzhi'i ye shes).

A neutral base consciousness that is posited as the storehouse for the seeds of past karmic actions in which they remain in a latent state until the circumstances arise for them to ripen as karmic consequences.

A neutral base consciousness that is posited as the storehouse for the seeds of past karmic actions in which they remain in a latent state until the circumstances arise for them to ripen as karmic consequences.

A neutral base consciousness that is posited as the storehouse for the seeds of past karmic actions in which they remain in a latent state until the circumstances arise for them to ripen as karmic consequences.

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.