Contexts and Dialogue: Yogacara Buddhism and Modern Psychology on the Subliminal Mind

by Tao Jiang

Book Overview

Are there Buddhist conceptions of the unconscious? If so, are they more Freudian, Jungian, or something else? If not, can Buddhist conceptions be reconciled with the Freudian, Jungian, or other models? These are some of the questions that have motivated modern scholarship to approach ālayavij āna, the storehouse consciousness, formulated in Yogācāra Buddhism as a subliminal reservoir of tendencies, habits, and future possibilities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824831063
• ISBN13: 9780824831066
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"