Ālayavijñāna in Yogācāra and Dzogchen

An Eternal Now SG

Jnana:

Here's a paper for anyone who may be interested in trying to navigate through this particular labyrinth of doctrinal development:

A Comparison of Ālaya-Vijñāna in Yogācāra and Dzogchen by David F. Germano and William S. Waldron.

How are we shaped by structures and processes outside our conscious awareness? To what degree are these processes bodily, emotional, or cognitive? How do they determine the way we react to or apprehend our world? Are they peculiar to each individual or also intersubjective? Are these structures largely fixed, or are they ongoing constructive processes? How can we bring these structures and processes into conscious awareness? How can reflexive awareness alter their character and influence? Are these processes pure or impure? If they were originally pure, how would deluded and distorted reactive patterns arise? Or if these processes were originally impure, how could they be purified? And if they were originally pure, how would such purity appear within deluded bodily, emotional, and cognitive experiences?

These questions have been raised by countless thinkers over the centuries and systematically addressed by mystics and philosophers alike. We will examine Buddhist responses to these questions in the Indian Yogācāra and Tibetan Great Perfection (rdzogs chen) traditions as articulated through the concepts of “foundational consciousness” (S: ālaya-vijñāna, T: kun gzhi rnam par shes pa) and “foundation/ground” (S: ālaya, T: kun gzhi), respectively.

Weychin SG

Thanks for the link, but I’m still unable to access the pages! Perhaps another pathway? The mobile apps tab link to cannot be found page!Thanks again!

Aik TC SG

Jnana:

Thanks for the link. But found the author’s description on the section by Longchengpa rather complicated. Any simplified version or link on the Tibetan Great Perfection?