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The '''Chittamatra''' (Tib. ''semtsampa''; ''sems tsam pa'') or 'Mind Only' School is a [[Mahayana]] school. They say that all phenomena are merely mind--the [[all-ground consciousness]] manifesting as environment, objects and the physical body, as a result of habitual tendencies stored within the all-ground.
The '''Chittamatra''' (Skt. Cittamātra; Tib. ''semtsampa''; [[wyl.]] ''sems tsam pa'') or 'Mind Only' School is a [[Mahayana]] school. Its followers say that all phenomena are merely mind--the [[all-ground consciousness]] manifesting as environment, objects and the physical body, as a result of habitual tendencies stored within the all-ground.


===The Three Natures===
===The Three Natures===
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[[Khenpo Ngakchung]] says:
[[Khenpo Ngakchung]] says:


All the dualistic phenomena of the imputed nature and the mind and mental phenomena of the dependent nature are the deceiving phenomena of delusion, the '''[[relative truth]]'''. The essence of the dependent nature, which is the naturally luminous consciousness, and the fully established nature, which is the fact that this [i.e., the dependent nature] is empty of the dualistic projections of the imputed nature—comprising the nature of reality and wisdom—are said to be the '''[[absolute truth]]'''.  
:All the dualistic phenomena of the imputed nature and the mind and mental phenomena of the dependent nature are the deceiving phenomena of delusion, the '''[[relative truth]]'''. The essence of the dependent nature, which is the naturally luminous consciousness, and the fully established nature, which is the fact that this [i.e., the dependent nature] is empty of the dualistic projections of the imputed nature—comprising the nature of reality and wisdom—are said to be the '''[[absolute truth]]'''.  


===Subschools===
===Subschools===

Revision as of 07:46, 11 June 2007

The Chittamatra (Skt. Cittamātra; Tib. semtsampa; wyl. sems tsam pa) or 'Mind Only' School is a Mahayana school. Its followers say that all phenomena are merely mind--the all-ground consciousness manifesting as environment, objects and the physical body, as a result of habitual tendencies stored within the all-ground.

The Three Natures

They divide all phenomena into the ‘three natures’: the imputed or 'imaginary, the dependent, and the truly established.

The Chittamatra View of the Two Truths

Khenpo Ngakchung says:

All the dualistic phenomena of the imputed nature and the mind and mental phenomena of the dependent nature are the deceiving phenomena of delusion, the relative truth. The essence of the dependent nature, which is the naturally luminous consciousness, and the fully established nature, which is the fact that this [i.e., the dependent nature] is empty of the dualistic projections of the imputed nature—comprising the nature of reality and wisdom—are said to be the absolute truth.

Subschools

There are two subschools of Mind Only: (1) True Aspectarians and (2) False Aspectarians.