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**inhitoemits** · 06-30-2011, 07:17 AM

Looks similar to alaya ("storehouse consciousness") in the Mahayana tradition. Maybe this is the original source for that teaching?

Consciousness or vinnana is sense awareness. That which "stores" seeds (i.e. tendencies/habits: anusaya/asava) is the citta. The citta is the same as sankhara khanda. This is why the notion of re-linking/storehouse consciousness does not make sense. Consciousness does not have the capacity to "store". To the contrary, consciousness "cleanses" or "purifies". If the mind is accutely conscious of greed, that greed fabrication produced by the citta/sankhara khanda will dissolve.

Consciousness merely reflects. It is the citta than stores. It is the physical body that stores. For example, if the mind is angry, that anger will spread through the nervous system in the physical body, where is stored, to be purged at a later time.

This is "reappearance". The mind gets angry, feels satisfied; then the same anger reappears at a later time, needing to come out of the body/mind; needing to purge; like going to the toilet purges.

06-30-2011, 07:17 AM	#7
inhitoemits Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Looks similar to alaya ("storehouse consciousness") in the Mahayana tradition. Maybe this is the original source for that teaching? Consciousness or vinnana is sense awareness. That which "stores" seeds (i.e. tendencies/habits: anusaya/asava) is the citta. The citta is the same as sankhara khanda. This is why the notion of re-linking/storehouse consciousness does not make sense. Consciousness does not have the capacity to "store". To the contrary, consciousness "cleanses" or "purifies". If the mind is accutely conscious of greed, that greed fabrication produced by the citta/sankhara khanda will dissolve. Consciousness merely reflects. It is the citta than stores. It is the physical body that stores. For example, if the mind is angry, that anger will spread through the nervous system in the physical body, where is stored, to be purged at a later time. This is "reappearance". The mind gets angry, feels satisfied; then the same anger reappears at a later time, needing to come out of the body/mind; needing to purge; like going to the toilet purges.
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