Abbreviations
Preface
Technical Note
Introduction
The general context for the arising of the alaya-vijnana doctrine
Origins of the Yogacara alaya-vijnana doctrine
Samkhya and Yogacara
The alaya-vijnana within the eight-consciousness model
Tsong kha pa's exegesis
Life of Tsong kha pa
Problems of interpretation in Tsong kha pa's earlier and later works
Early teachers and date of the text
Kun gzhi in Tsong kha pa's later works
Kun gzhi in Tibet before Tsong kha pa
Kun gzhi at the time of Tsong kha pa
Concluding Remarks
Translation
1. Introduction: Origins of the Mind Only Doctrine
2. Alaya-vijnana as Basis
Residual impressions as objective support
Nature of the alaya-vijnana
Five mental factors
Etymology of alaya-vijnana
3. Alaya-vijnana as Seed
Mechanics of seed information
Divisions of vasana
Relation of the seeds and basis
Characteristics of vasana
4. Seeds of Deliverance
Derivation of the word alaya
Cessation fo alaya-vijnana
5. Definition of Klista-manas
6. Proofs of Alaya-vijnana
Eight proofs
Discursus
7. Proofs of Klista-manas
8. Two Refutations and Final Remarks
Refuting a set of nine consciousnesses
Refuting a set of one consciousness
Concluding Remarks
Tibetan Text
Bibliography
Index