]> 2026-10-10T17:11:44-04:00 Key Terms/Cittamātra 0 en Cittamātra cittamātra Though it is sometimes used synonymously with Yogācāra, it is in fact one of the more prominent philosophical theories associated with this school. It asserts that the objects in the external world with which we interact are actually mentally created representations appearing as those objects. The character of these perceptions is predetermined by our own karmic conditioning that is stored in the ālayavijñāna. See page 195: In Sanskrit, lit. “mind-only”; a term used in the ''Laṅkāvatārasūtra'' to describe the notion that the external world of the senses does not exist independently of the mind and that all phenomena are mere projections of consciousness. Because this doctrine is espoused by the Yogācāra, that school is sometimes referred to as cittamātra. The doctrine is closely associated with the eight consciousness (vijñāna) theory set forth in the ''Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī'' of the ''Yogācārabhūmiśāstra'' and in the ''Mahāyānasaṃgraha'' and ''Abhidharmasamuccaya'' that are supplemental to that work. चित्तमात्र In Sanskrit sources it is more common to see this theory articulated as vijñaptimātra or consciousness only. Western scholars have associate this philosophy with a form of Idealism. In Tibet, the followers of zhentong made great efforts to distance themselves from this concept, while still utilizing many of the Yogācāra terms associated with it. Mind-Only mere mind Mere Mentalism Mind Only yuishin Cittamātra yusim Noun sem tsam chittamatra weixin Yogācāra ālayavijñāna Cittamātra Sanskrit སེམས་ཙམ་ Cittamātra sems tsam Cittamātra;Cittamātra;Cittamātra;Mind-Only; Mind Only; Consciousness Only; mere mind; Mere Mentalism; sems tsam; 2019-12-10T17:43:16Z 2458828.2383796 2019-12-10T17:43:16Z 2458828.2383796 true cittamātra Cittamātra - Though it is sometimes used synonymously with Yogācāra, it is in fact one of the more prominent philosophical theories associated with this school. It asserts that the objects in the external world with which we interact are actually mentally created representations appearing as those objects. The character of these perceptions is predetermined by our own karmic conditioning that is stored in the ālayavijñāna. Skt. चित्तमात्र Tib. སེམས་ཙམ་ Key Terms/Cittamātra Mind-Only Mind Only Consciousness Only mere mind Mere Mentalism sems tsam Cittamātra cittamātra 0 1 plainlist 2 [[BuNayTopicTags::Key Terms/Cittamātra]] cittamātra# QUERY6e7789293752373616955f4814723210 0 1 plainlist 3 [[Category:People]] [[AssociateToTerm::~"Cittamātra"]] cittamātra# QUERYdb4ced0de4812695c48962b45db10ca4 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Cittamātra]] cittamātra# QUERY63979dc98de5abe25ee8f7ffba143189 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Book]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-00000001-QINU`"']] cittamātra# QUERYdeaccb987dd73a9eefb126422095761d 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Article]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-00000002-QINU`"']] cittamātra# QUERYca419075ebfe68da31b2ef7f9c9e4e8a 0 200 1 template 5 [[BuNayPageType::Tibetan Text||Sanskrit Text]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-00000003-QINU`"']] cittamātra# QUERY450af136e4f541a6a0b5c881abecf8fc 0 200 1 template 4 [[BuNayPageType::Interview]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-00000004-QINU`"']] cittamātra# QUERYed0e04464967f795aff30382a134314a 0 200 1 template 5 [[BuNayPageType::Audio||Video]] [[BuNayTopicTags::'"`UNIQ--noglossary-00000005-QINU`"']] cittamātra# QUERY36b2b0d75c1aa29248be4fc8dc46d428 Cittamātra 0 en Cittamātra REDI 102 en REDI