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rnam shes tshogs brgyad

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[translation-eng] {Hopkins} eight collections of consciousness [by Asaṅga]{BJ 37.1}

[comments] These are the eight types of consciousness in the Mind-only School Following Scripture, which are: the five sense consciousnesses (indriyavijñāna, dbang shes); a mental consciousness (manovijñāna, yid shes); a mind afflicted with egoism (kliṣṭamanas, nyon yid); and a mind-basis-of-all (ālayaviñāna, kun gzhi rnam shes) {T}