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I don't think one needs to believe in (literal) rebirth or a "reborn consciousness" to find value in the alaya-vijnana paradigm. For me, at least, it's a practical teaching. Cultivate the wholesome seeds, avoid cultivating the unwholesome ones. Hold the view that all seeds will come to fruition in some way or another, in present or future, "my" life or another's. But for me, there is no value because the Buddha already provided many teachings about morality & kammic inheritence. From a meditation/liberation purpose, it is essential to comprehend consciousness & its objects. Bringing the mind to a state of bare awareness (bare consciousness) is the vehicle for insight & liberation. Alaya is mind objects. Alaya is not mind consciousness. If the mind cannot discern/distinguish between mind consciousness and mind objects then insight & liberation is impossible. This is why the only practical value you can define from the Yogacarins is a moral one. However, I can only suggest you consider for yourself the "morality" of altering the Buddha's liberative (supramundane) teachings for an egotistical motive of avoiding an unfavourable rebirth. In experience, the mind can only discern six kinds of consciousness. Kind regards ![]() What is the mind? The mind isn't really any “thing”. Conventionally speaking, it's that which feels or senses. That which senses, receives and experiences all mental impressions is called “mind”. |
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