Yogācāra (English spelling)

Japanese: Yogācāra(英語表記)Yogacara
Yogācāra (English spelling)

…A school of Indian Mahayana Buddhism that advocates the idealism that all phenomena are merely a transformation of consciousness. It is also called the Yogacara school or Yogacara-Only school because it was founded by people called yogashi (yoga masters) who enjoyed the practice of yoga. The Only-Consciousness theory was first asserted in the 3rd and 4th centuries in works such as the Gejinmitsu Sutra and the Mahayana Abhidharma Sutra. …

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Japanese:

…あらゆる事象は唯(た)だ識が変化したものにすぎないという唯心論を唱える,インド大乗仏教の学派。ヨーガの実修を好む瑜伽師(ゆがし)と呼ばれる人びとによって創立されたことから瑜伽行派(ヨーガーチャーラYogācāra)または瑜伽行唯識派とも呼ばれる。唯識説は3~4世紀ころに,《解深密経(げじんみつきよう)》《大乗阿毘達磨経(だいじようあびだつまきよう)》などによって初めて主張された。…

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