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'''Alaya''' | '''Alaya''' (Skt. ''ālaya''; Tib. ''kun shyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''kun gzhi'') — the universal ground or basis. [[Longchenpa]] describes alaya in this way: “It is unenlightenment and a neutral state, which belongs to the category of mind and mental events, and it has become the foundation of all [[karma]]s and ‘traces’ of [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]].” In the [[Lamdré]] teachings however, it refers to the indivisible union of awareness and [[emptiness]]. This is also how the term is used when it appears in the [[Seven Points of Mind Training]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, 3 July 2009
Alaya (Skt. ālaya; Tib. kun shyi; Wyl. kun gzhi) — the universal ground or basis. Longchenpa describes alaya in this way: “It is unenlightenment and a neutral state, which belongs to the category of mind and mental events, and it has become the foundation of all karmas and ‘traces’ of samsara and nirvana.” In the Lamdré teachings however, it refers to the indivisible union of awareness and emptiness. This is also how the term is used when it appears in the Seven Points of Mind Training.