All-ground consciousness

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All-ground consciousness (Skt. alayavijñana; Tib. kun shyi nampar shépa; Wyl. kun gzhi rnam par shes pa) - the eighth of the eight consciousnesses posited by the Chittamatra and Svatantrika-Madhyamika schools. There are three mental consciousnesses, of which two are active (the sixth and seventh) and one is inactive (the eighth).

Etymology

Kun means ‘all’, shyi means ‘ground’, nampar shépa is ‘consciousness’.