Chapter II · NOTES.
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The Âlayavijñâna, to use the phraseology of Samkhya philosophy, is a composition, so to speak, of the Soul (puruṣa) and Primordial Matter (prakṛti). It is the Soul, so far as it is neutral and indifferent to all those phenomenal manifestations, that are going on within as well as without us. It is Primordial Matter, inasmuch as it is the reservoir of everything, whose lid being lifted by the hands of Ignorance, there instantly springs up this universe of limitation and relativity. Enlightenment or Nirvâna, therefore, consists in recognising the error of Ignorance and not in clinging to the products of imagination. (return)
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · These ten stages of spiritual development are somewhat minutely explained below. See Chapter XII. (return)Note 2 · The doctrine of Trikâya will be given further elucidation in the chapter bearing the same title. (return)Note 3 · No efforts have yet been made systematically to trace the history of the development of the Mahâyâna thoughts in India as well as in China aNote 4 · When the eminent representatives of both parties, such as Dharmapala and Bhavaviveka, were at the height of their literary activity in IndiaNote 5 · According to the Yogâcâra school, the Âlaya is not an universal, but an individual mind or soul, whatever we may term it, in which the “germ