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'''All-ground consciousness''' - ''alayavijñana'' [Skt.], ''kun shyi nampar shépa'' [Tib.]. ''Kun'' means ‘all’, ''shyi'' means ‘ground’, ''nampar shépa'' is ‘consciousness’. The [[Chittamatra]] and [[Svatantrika-Madhyamika]] schools posit [[eight consciousnesses|eight types of consciousness]]. The all-ground consciousness is the eighth consciousness. There are three mental consciousnesses, of which two are active (the sixth and seventh) and one is inactive (the eighth).
'''All-ground consciousness''' (Skt. ''alayavijñana''; Tib. ''kun shyi nampar shépa''; [[Wyl.]] ''kun gzhi rnam par shes pa'') - the eighth of the [[eight consciousnesses]] posited by the [[Chittamatra]] and [[Svatantrika-Madhyamika]] schools. There are three mental consciousnesses, of which two are active (the sixth and seventh) and one is inactive (the eighth).
 
===Etymology===
''Kun'' means ‘all’, ''shyi'' means ‘ground’, ''nampar shépa'' is ‘consciousness’.  


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All-ground consciousness (Skt. alayavijñana; Tib. kun shyi nampar shépa; Wyl. kun gzhi rnam par shes pa) - the eighth of the eight consciousnesses posited by the Chittamatra and Svatantrika-Madhyamika schools. There are three mental consciousnesses, of which two are active (the sixth and seventh) and one is inactive (the eighth).

Etymology

Kun means ‘all’, shyi means ‘ground’, nampar shépa is ‘consciousness’.

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