What is Time
Yogācāra-Buddhist Meditation on the Problem of the External World in the Cheng Weishi Lun
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13070403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jianjun Li (0000-0003-2872-9648, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-57 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2232-5131 • E-ISSN: 2350-4226 |
| Publisher | University of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI) |
| DOI | 10.4312/as.2016.4.1.35-57 |
| OpenAlex | W2294480074 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Because it asserts that there is consciousness-only (vijñapti-mātratā), the difficulty in philosophically approaching the Yogācāra-Buddhist text Cheng weishi lun centers on the problem of the external world. This paper is based on a review by Lambert Schmithausen that, specifically with regard to the problem of the external world, questions Dan Lusthaus’s phenomenological investigation of the CWSL. In it I point out that the fundamental temporality of consciousness brought to light by the Yogacaric revelation of the incessant differentiation of consciousness (vijñāna-pariṇāma) calls into question every temporally conditioned, and hence appropriational, understanding of vijñapti-mātratā. Therefore, the problem of the external world cannot be approached without taking into account the temporality of consciousness, which, furthermore, compels us to face the riddle of time
Buddhism · Consciousness · Epistemology · Meditation · Revelation · Temporality · Theology · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |