Nine: Consciousnesses 2021

This is the radical addition. The 8th consciousness still contains seeds of delusion. When those seeds are completely purified—when the storehouse is emptied of all defilements—what remains? That’s the 9th consciousness: Amala-vijnana , or "undefiled consciousness."

These are raw, pre-thought data streams: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching. They simply register experience without judgment. nine consciousnesses

Most of us are familiar with the idea of the conscious mind (what you're thinking right now) and the subconscious (what lies beneath). But the Yogacara school of Buddhism offers a remarkably detailed map: . This is the radical addition