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The Depth Psychology of the Yogachara

by Sangharakshita

The Yogachara School of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and its doctrine of 'Mind-Only' (Chittamatra) crucially influenced the development of Zen. Here the doctrine is related to subjective and absolute idealism in Western philosophy.

Talk given in 1967.

This talk is part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology.

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	1.	Yogachara, a Mahayana school (4:46)
	2.	The three yanas (7:24)
	3.	The Madhyamika and Yogachara schools (9:32)
	4.	Yogacharans as meditators: chittamatra ('mind only') (9:38)
	5.	Epistemological aspects (8:05)
	6.	A metaphysical aspect: One Mind Only (7:17)
	7.	Pravriti ('turning about') and the eight vijnanas (12:58)
	8.	The eight vijnanas transformed into the Five Wisdoms (6:15)
	9.	How do we do it? (6:27)