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-'''Ālaya''' (devanāgarī: आलय) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "abode, dwelling." In the [[Yogacara]] school of [[Buddhism]] it is usually employed in connection with the word ''vijñāna'' (consciousness) as ''ālayavijñāna'' ("store-house consciousness").
+#REDIRECT [[Alaya]]
-[[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows:
-<blockquote>Alaya (Sk.). The Universal Soul (See Secret Doctrine Vol. I. pp. 47 et seq.). The name belongs to the Tibetan system of the contemplative Mahâyâna School. Identical with Âkâsa in its mystic sense, and with Mûlaprakriti, in its essence, as it is the basis or root of all things.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 14.</ref></blockquote>
-Although in the quote above [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] says that ālaya is identical with [[mahat]] (universal mind), when describing [[Planes#Kosmic planes|cosmic planes]] she makes the former the [[sixth principle]] while [[mahat]] is the [[fifth principle|fifth]] one.
-The terms ''[[anima mundi]]'' and ''over-soul'' are frequently used as a synonym for ālaya.
-== Notes ==
-<references/>
-==Further reading==
-*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=%C4%80laya# Ālaya] at Theosopedia
-[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
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