INCRIMINAREA CONȘTIINȚEI ÎN BUDHISMUL YOGACARA. CONDIȚIA IGNORANT-DUREROASĂ A OMULUI ȘI ORIGINEA SA ÎN CONȘTIINȚĂ

Abstract

Even though, in Mahayana Buddhism, ultimate reality is sometimes considered to have a conscious nature, the most common Buddhist approach to consciousness is rather a phenomenal one. Consciousness would only refer to any particular manifestation; therefore, it would always be characterized by plurality, determination, temporality, and would not be an absolute substance, the substratum of all these. Most often, ultimate reality is considered to be beyond the realm of consciousness.

               Moreover, Buddhism sometimes tends to indict consciousness, since its mere existence would represent the germ of evil. Consciousness would be characterized by a predisposition to fall into error and to induce of painful experiences. Liberation would represent not a purification of consciousness, considered intrinsically altered, but rather an annihilation of it.