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<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> | <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 [[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. | 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 term [[anima mundi]] is frequently used as a synonym for ālaya. | The term [[anima mundi]] is frequently used as a synonym for ālaya. | ||
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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").
H. P. Blavatsky defined it as follows:
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.[1]
Although in the quote above Mme. Blavatsky says that ālaya is identical with mahat (universal mind), when describing cosmic planes she makes the former the sixth principle while mahat is the fifth one.
The term anima mundi is frequently used as a synonym for ālaya.
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 14.
Further reading
- Ālaya at Theosopedia